Eli5: What exactly is ‘ego death’ and its role in treatment with psychedelic substances?

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I’ve read stories about how it’s a sought after side-effect and key factor for treating mental health issues using substances like psilocybin or ketamine. What about it actually helps improve the mind? For those that have experienced it, what does it feel like?

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Realizing that you are not bounded. You are just a facet of the universe experiencing itself. You is not you. Not singular. Not separate. You are a part of everything else.

When your ego dies, you can let go of so many things that you’ve taken personally. You can see beyond the false appearance of separation between you and others. You can connect, empathize and love. And when the time comes for your physical body to die, you know that you are not dying bc there was never a you in the first place.

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