ego dissolution
Boundaries of identity blur
Ego dissolution is the experience of losing one's sense of individual self, often described during intense psychedelic experiences, deep meditation, or near-death states.
The boundaries between self and world seem to disappear, sometimes accompanied by feelings of unity with everything.
Researchers study it in connection with therapeutic uses of psilocybin and similar substances: The patient reported complete ego dissolution during the session.
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
- mescalinePsychoactive cactus alkaloid
- default mode networkBrain regions active at rest
- loss of selfDisappearance of individual identity
- ayahuascaPsychoactive Amazonian plant brew
nonduality · transcendence · samadhi · enlightenment · selflessness · LSD · depersonalization · selfhood · nirvana · phenomenology · DMT · flow state · peak experience · psychedelics · set and setting · mindfulness · altered states · altered consciousness
ego dissolutionself-aggrandizement
Inflating one's own status
self-assertion · ego defense · individuation · self-differentiation
ego dissolutionnarcissism
Excessive admiration of oneself
egocentrism · egotism · self-absorption · solipsism · self-centeredness