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It can be described as the experience of becoming completely incapable of remembering even the most basic fundamental human concepts stored within the long term memory. This includes one's name, identity, home town, that they are on drugs, what drugs even are, what human beings are, what life is, what existence is or what anything is. | It can be described as the experience of becoming completely incapable of remembering even the most basic fundamental human concepts stored within the long term memory. This includes one's name, identity, home town, that they are on drugs, what drugs even are, what human beings are, what life is, what existence is or what anything is. | ||
The most notable of these, however, is the loss of one's sense of self. The experience of this is colloquielly known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_death egodeath]. It results in the profound experience that although one is not unconscious, there is no longer an “I” experiencing current sensory input; there is just the input as it is and by itself. | The most notable of these, however, is the loss of one's sense of self. The experience of this is colloquielly known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_death egodeath]. It results in the profound experience that although one is not unconscious, there is no longer an “I” experiencing current sensory input; there is just the input as it is and by itself.</onlyinclude> | ||
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===See also=== | ===See also=== |