eli5: What is an “ego death”?
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It’s an effect of certain drugs where your perception that you exist as something distinct from the experiences you’re having is temporarily suppressed. It’s known to happen from ketamine and from the family of drugs that includes LSD, mescaline, and shrooms. Some people have also reported it from extremely high doses of cannabis.
Depending on your state of mind at the time, it can be a very distressing effect, or can be pleasant.
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