How Psilocybin Causes Ego Death | Necessary For Therapeutic Benefits In Depression, PTSD Treatment? || NeuroBeer Clips
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From FPS NeuroBeer Live Stream #5 - June 22, 2020
Catch the full conversation here: https://youtu.be/yhxyuBLiLs8
The study we review in this NeuroBeer clip investigated dose-dependent distortions in the subjective experience of one’s self - often termed coloquially as 'Ego Death'. They defined ego dissolution as 'a phenomenon characterized by the reduction in the self-referential awareness that defines normal waking consciousness, ultimately disrupting self-world boundaries and increasing feelings of unity with others’ and one’s surroundings': https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-020-0718-8
Timothy Leary once used the term to describe the first phase of an LSD trip in particular where a "complete transcendence" of the self and 'the game'occurs:
http://psychedelicfrontier.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/The-Psychedelic-Experience-A-Manual-Based-on-the-Tibetan-Book-of-the-Dead.pdf
We discuss a recently published manuscript exploring ego dissolution following psilocybin administration in a controlled setting. The authors claim this effect if mediated by glutamate in the cortex, but... well, you'll see.
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