An encounter with the self: A thematic and content analysis of the DMT experience from a naturalistic field study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is an endogenous serotonergic psychedelic capable of producing radical shifts in an experience that have significant implications for consciousness and its neural correlates, especially given the "disconnected consciousness" suggested by the "breakthrough" DMT state. Its increasing usage and clinical trial indicate the growing importance of a thorough elucidation of the experience's qualitative content, over and above the phenomenological structure. This is particularly in light of the intensely pervasive effects of DMT occasions in all dimensions of the self, which are often ontologically challenging yet potentially transformative.

Methods

This is the second report on the first naturalistic field study of DMT use explo

SUBMITTER: Michael P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10083325 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature