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@enkiv2 "why does the loss of ‘self-illusion’ trigger such dramatic feelings of unreality?"
Because people who have this without the dramatic feelings of unease don't think anything is wrong, so we are witnessing a reporting bias.
I suspect I've dealt with this phenomena all of my life, but it's 'normal' for me.
People can experience this effect thru alcohol, lsd, canibis, and I think my own is related to oddities in how my Serotonin processing systemis wired at a genetic level
@ultimape @enkiv2 This is been a subject of study for me because of a friend.
In the process, I recognized myself in descriptions of derealization: that I am the only thing in the world that seems real. In periods of mental crisis, I started to feel this as a subtle shift in my experience of space-time, like I was out of phase. It seems to get worse with anxiety and my compulsive introspection. It's no longer pervasive, thankfully.
