ELI5..’Ego death’ on a psychedelic.
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Ego death is autobiographical amnesia. Once the psychedelic’s effects intensify, you reach a point where you forget who you are. You forget you took drugs. You forget how you’ve come to this point. Your memories are suppressed.
Imagine waking up one day not knowing who the hell you are.
Of course, here, you’re tripped. So it’s only after you forget who you are that the fun begins. It’s only when you can’t remember who you are that you can go through transformative experiences. And when the effects wane, you can learn to integrate them into your life.
That’s why bad trips can happen. When your memories are suppressed, you might go through an unpleasant experience and genuinely believe you’re about to die or go to hell. But in reality, it’s just a bunch of chemicals making you feel that way.
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