Immersion intensification: Difference between revisions

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'''Immersion intensification''' is defined as an effect which results in a pronounced increase in one's tendency to become fully captivated and engrossed by external stimuli such as music, film, TV shows, video games, and various other forms of media.<ref name="WallerPutnam1996">{{cite journal|last1=Waller|first1=Niels|last2=Putnam|first2=Frank W.|last3=Carlson|first3=Eve B.|title=Types of dissociation and dissociative types: A taxometric analysis of dissociative experiences.|journal=Psychological Methods|volume=1|issue=3|year=1996|pages=300–321|issn=1082-989X|doi=10.1037/1082-989X.1.3.300}}</ref><ref name="GiesbrechtMerckelbach2007">{{cite journal|last1=Giesbrecht|first1=Timo|last2=Merckelbach|first2=Harald|last3=Geraerts|first3=Elke|title=The Dissociative Experiences Taxon Is Related to Fantasy Proneness|journal=The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease|volume=195|issue=9|year=2007|pages=769–772|issn=0022-3018|doi=10.1097/NMD.0b013e318142ce55}}</ref><ref name="LevinSpei2016">{{cite journal|last1=Levin|first1=Ross|last2=Spei|first2=Ekaterina|title=Relationship of Purported Measures of Pathological and Nonpathological Dissociation to Self-Reported Psychological Distress and Fantasy Immersion|journal=Assessment|volume=11|issue=2|year=2016|pages=160–168|issn=1073-1911|doi=10.1177/1073191103256377}}</ref><ref name="Lynn2005">{{cite journal|last1=Lynn|first1=Christopher Dana|title=Adaptive and Maladaptive Dissociation: An Epidemiological and Anthropological Comparison and Proposition for an Expanded Dissociation Model|journal=Anthropology of Consciousness|volume=16|issue=2|year=2005|pages=16–49|issn=1053-4202|doi=10.1525/ac.2005.16.2.16}}</ref> This greatly increases one's suspension of disbelief, increases one’s empathy with the characters, suppresses one's memory of the "outside world", and allows one to become engaged on a level that is largely unattainable during everyday sober living.

At its highest point of intensity, immersion intensification can reach a level in which the person begins to truly believe that the media they are consuming is a real-life event that is actually happening in front of them or is being relayed through a screen. This is likely a result of the effect synergizing with other accompanying components such as [[internal hallucinations|internal]] or [[external hallucinations]], [[delusions]], [[memory suppression]], and [[Suggestibility intensification|suggestibility intensification]]. Immersion intensification often exaggerates the emotional response a person has towards media they are engaged with. Whether or not this experience is enjoyable can differ drastically depending on various factors such as the emotional tone and familiarity of what is being perceived.  

Immersion intensification is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[dissociative]] compounds, such as [[ketamine]], [[PCP]], and [[DXM]]. However, it can also occur to a lesser extent under the influence of [[psychedelic|psychedelics]]<ref name="Lynn2005" /> and [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]].

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Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include:

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