Hello,
I wanna share my experience with psychedelics. I already typed this story once but accidentally it got deleted so I'm gonna be brief this time
So 2 years ago I had three DMT trips and ended up experiencing ego death. However, integrating the whole thing has been very hard for me and as a result of the trips I got depersonalization syndrome which has stayed with me ever since. It was my first time to try psychedelics and maybe my intentions were not right, maybe my mind was too rational to process it all through, but anyway my naive intention to self-improve lead me to this struggle with DP. And I can tell you: these has been the worst years in my life. Before I never had any mental problems.
I don't wanna judge anyone or least Leo (I love his work!!) for promoting psychedelics and I understand the value of them. They can be very beneficial for many! But in my case it happened to be the opposite. Psychedelics are not for everyone. I was so curious and really wanted to know what are they all about. Unfortunately, the stuff you hear and read online can be misleading and you get the impression that "sessions are healing" etc. so it was a shock and hard for me at first to admit that I ended up having a negative outcome. As said, the process has been long and painful and in my opinion there are better, more gentle, ways to explore one's inner world. Recently, I have started to recover, little by little, and maybe one day I'm able to pull myself out from DP for good. I wanted to share this with you guys because two years ago I was desperate and would have needed some support from people who have experienced something similar. So I'm more than happy to discuss more if someone in need!