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The process of sensory and cognitive detachment can be broken down into 5 distinct levels of increasing intensity: | The process of sensory and cognitive detachment can be broken down into 5 distinct levels of increasing intensity: | ||
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#'''Total detachment from environment''' - This is complete disconnection from the body. It is here where the tripper finds themselves undergoing an out of body experience as they enter the dissociative hole. | #'''Total detachment from environment''' - This is complete disconnection from the body. It is here where the tripper finds themselves undergoing an out of body experience as they enter the dissociative hole. | ||
#'''Detachment from self''' - The fourth level of dissociation and detachment occurs during the point at which the brain's neurons have become so disconnected that a person's sense of "I", mind and self ceases to exist, resulting in [[Cognitive effects: Ego suppression, loss and death|ego death]]. | #'''Detachment from self''' - The fourth level of dissociation and detachment occurs during the point at which the brain's neurons have become so disconnected that a person's sense of "I", mind and self ceases to exist, resulting in [[Cognitive effects: Ego suppression, loss and death|ego death]]. | ||
#'''Detachment from awareness''' - The highest level of detachment occurs when the neurons within a person's brain have become so disconnected from each other that the tripper literally passes out into total unconsciousness. This consistently leaves extended gaps in a person's memory and large periods of [[Cognitive effects: Amnesia|amnesia]] which are generally impossible to recall once the experience is over. | #'''Detachment from awareness''' - The highest level of detachment occurs when the neurons within a person's brain have become so disconnected from each other that the tripper literally passes out into total unconsciousness. This consistently leaves extended gaps in a person's memory and large periods of [[Cognitive effects: Amnesia|amnesia]] which are generally impossible to recall once the experience is over.</onlyinclude> | ||
===See also=== | ===See also=== | ||