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'''Identity alteration''' can be defined as the experience of one's sense of self becoming temporarily changed to feel as if it encompasses ~~either a wider or smaller array of~~ concepts than that which it did previously. For example, if one usually feels that they are exclusively their body or "ego", this may ~~suddenly~~ change to feel as if their sense of identity now includes the external environment or an object they are interacting with. Alternatively, they could ~~potentially~~ feel as if their sense of self no longer identifies with anything at all which is an experience commonly referred to as [[depersonalisation]].

'''Identity alteration''' can be defined as the experience of one's sense of self becoming temporarily changed to feel as if it encompasses different concepts than that which it did previously. For example, if one usually feels that they are exclusively their body or "ego", this may change to feel as if their sense of identity now includes the external environment or an object they are interacting with. Alternatively, they could feel as if their sense of self no longer identifies with anything at all which is an experience commonly referred to as [[depersonalisation]].

There are a total of 5 distinct levels of identity which a person can experience during this state. These various specific alterations have been arranged into a formalized descriptive leveling system below:

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	'''Identity alteration''' can be defined as the experience of one's sense of self becoming temporarily changed to feel as if it encompasses ~~either a wider or smaller array of~~ concepts than that which it did previously. For example, if one usually feels that they are exclusively their body or "ego", this may ~~suddenly~~ change to feel as if their sense of identity now includes the external environment or an object they are interacting with. Alternatively, they could ~~potentially~~ feel as if their sense of self no longer identifies with anything at all which is an experience commonly referred to as [[depersonalisation]].		'''Identity alteration''' can be defined as the experience of one's sense of self becoming temporarily changed to feel as if it encompasses different concepts than that which it did previously. For example, if one usually feels that they are exclusively their body or "ego", this may change to feel as if their sense of identity now includes the external environment or an object they are interacting with. Alternatively, they could feel as if their sense of self no longer identifies with anything at all which is an experience commonly referred to as [[depersonalisation]].

	There are a total of 5 distinct levels of identity which a person can experience during this state. These various specific alterations have been arranged into a formalized descriptive leveling system below:		There are a total of 5 distinct levels of identity which a person can experience during this state. These various specific alterations have been arranged into a formalized descriptive leveling system below: