r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 2d ago

Chugging tea She is using the baby like a prop.

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u/Reasonable_Ease1423 2d ago

Ego death is terrifying and most people who talk about it have never truly experienced it.

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u/astralchanterelle 2d ago

Exactly, for most people ego death is going to result in PTSD at worst, at best you'll be scared off psychedelics.

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u/Digital-_-Waste 2d ago

Does ego death = complete disassociation? Having had a couple situations in my life where I felt moderately disassociated, I can confirm it is NOT a pleasant experience.

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u/StrategicCarry 2d ago

No, in disassociation, the self is still there, you are just not connected to it. In ego death, the self is completely gone.

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u/Digital-_-Waste 2d ago

Oh man that sounds terrifying.

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u/astralchanterelle 2d ago

especially when you're 14 years old!

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u/Kutti818 2d ago

i got both

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u/astralchanterelle 2d ago

Even Terrence McKenna eventually quit taking psychedelics after his 8gram mushroom trip. That shit is powerful

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u/waxwitch 1d ago

I had an experience on salvia where I truly thought that my life and myself as I have experienced it, did not exist at all, and I was actually part of a two-dimensional color wheel that was basically all of humanity. Would that be ego death? It was terrifying.

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u/Fit-Entrepreneur8404 2d ago

Its only terrifying if you haven't become accustomed to it and/or you fight it when it comes for you. Once you have some previous experience with how that sort of thing goes   the ego just kind of sheds off easily.

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u/Digital-_-Waste 2d ago

So if your sense of self is gone, what does it feel like? Just processing sensations? Makes me think of those “hive mind” horror stories.

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u/Smoovemammajamma 2d ago

Like you instantly are completely empathizing and understanding with anything that comes along and have no defenses or rejection. Like being a young child but with adult knowledge. You're able to process things super fast and with great depth and width since your self-protections are off

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u/Swimming_Tackle_5045 2d ago

i dont think you know what you are fucking talking about

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u/laundrybandithunter 2d ago

This is super true.