Memory suppression
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Memory suppression can be described as an effect which directly inhibits one's ability to maintain a functional short and long term memory in a manner which is directly proportional to the dosage consumed.
It is a process which is capable of being broken down into 3 basic levels:
Concentration suppression
The partial failure of a person's short term memory.
It can be described as a general difficulty staying focused and an increase in distractability.
Short term memory suppression
The complete failure of a person's short term memory.
It can be described as the experience of becoming being completely incapable of remembering any specific details regarding the present situation for more than a second or two. This is capable of resulting in thought loops, disorientation, loss of control and confusion for the inexperienced. Long term memory however remains entirely intact as people are still perfectly capable of recollecting their name, date of birth, childhood school, etc.
Long term memory suppression
This is defined as a complete failure of a person's long term memory.
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 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.
See also
- Ego death (Wikipedia)
- Subjective effects index
- Psychedelics - Subjective effects
- Dissociatives - Subjective effects
- Deliriants - Subjective effects