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This article does not represent an individual subjective effect component but a | This article does not represent an individual subjective effect component but instead, serves as a generalised leveling system which can be applied to the simultaneous experience of [[Dissociative#Disconnective_effects|disconnective effects]] such as [[cognitive disconnection|cognitive]], [[physical disconnection|physical]] and [[visual disconnection]]. These effects commonly coincide under the influence of [[dissociative]] compounds such as [[MXE]], [[ketamine]] or [[DXM]]. | ||
#''' | The process of sensory and cognitive detachment be broken down into 5 basic levels of intensity. These are described and documented below: | ||
#'''Partial detachment from environment''' - As the detachment increases, the environment starts to | |||
#'''Total detachment from environment''' - | #'''subtle detachment from environment''' - This can be described as feelings of surrealness and a general sensation of subjective detachment from both the external environment and one's sensory input. | ||
#'''Detachment from self''' - | #'''Partial detachment from environment''' - As the detachment increases, the environment starts to feel physically further away in distance and increasingly disconnected from a person's sensory perception. [[Visual acuity suppression|Blurred vision]] and [[double vision]] sets in while [[tactile suppression|anaesthetic-like effects and tactile numbness]] begin to take place. At this point, [[motor control loss|motor control, coordination, and balance]] become suppressed in a manner that is proportional to dosage. In terms of sound, [[Auditory suppression|hearing]] also seems to become vague, muffled and distant. | ||
#'''Detachment from awareness''' - The highest level of detachment occurs when | #'''Total detachment from environment''' - At this level, the sensory and cognitive disconnection have completely blocked out one's perception of the external environment. It is here where the user finds themselves undergoing an out-of-body experience as they enter a [[Visual_disconnection#Holes.2C_spaces_and_voids|dissociative hole]] which is often accompanied by [[internal hallucinations]]. | ||
#'''Detachment from self''' - At this level, the dissociation and detachment has become intense enough for a person's long-term memory to cease functioning. This leads into a state which is commonly referred to as "[[ego death]]" as the loses their ability to recall and comprehend their own sense of identity. | |||
#'''Detachment from awareness''' - The highest level of detachment occurs when a person has become so detached that they have lost all sensory awareness and normal cognitive functioning. This renders the person unconscious and consistently leaves extended gaps in a person's memory and large periods of [[Amnesia|amnesia]] which are generally impossible to recall once the experience is over.</onlyinclude> It's at this level that [[dissociative]]s such as [[ketamine]] are used in medical procedures for their [[tactile disconnection|analgesic]] effects.<ref>Top-down mechanisms of anesthetic-induced unconsciousness (ncbi) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066704/</ref> | |||
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*[[Consciousness disconnection]] | *[[Consciousness disconnection]] | ||
*[[Subjective effects index]] | *[[Subjective effects index]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:20, 6 July 2017
This article does not represent an individual subjective effect component but instead, serves as a generalised leveling system which can be applied to the simultaneous experience of disconnective effects such as cognitive, physical and visual disconnection. These effects commonly coincide under the influence of dissociative compounds such as MXE, ketamine or DXM.
The process of sensory and cognitive detachment be broken down into 5 basic levels of intensity. These are described and documented below:
- subtle detachment from environment - This can be described as feelings of surrealness and a general sensation of subjective detachment from both the external environment and one's sensory input.
- Partial detachment from environment - As the detachment increases, the environment starts to feel physically further away in distance and increasingly disconnected from a person's sensory perception. Blurred vision and double vision sets in while anaesthetic-like effects and tactile numbness begin to take place. At this point, motor control, coordination, and balance become suppressed in a manner that is proportional to dosage. In terms of sound, hearing also seems to become vague, muffled and distant.
- Total detachment from environment - At this level, the sensory and cognitive disconnection have completely blocked out one's perception of the external environment. It is here where the user finds themselves undergoing an out-of-body experience as they enter a dissociative hole which is often accompanied by internal hallucinations.
- Detachment from self - At this level, the dissociation and detachment has become intense enough for a person's long-term memory to cease functioning. This leads into a state which is commonly referred to as "ego death" as the loses their ability to recall and comprehend their own sense of identity.
- Detachment from awareness - The highest level of detachment occurs when a person has become so detached that they have lost all sensory awareness and normal cognitive functioning. This renders the person unconscious and consistently leaves extended gaps in a person's memory and large periods of amnesia which are generally impossible to recall once the experience is over. It's at this level that dissociatives such as ketamine are used in medical procedures for their analgesic effects.[1]
See also
- Responsible use
- Visual disconnection
- Tactile disconnection
- Consciousness disconnection
- Subjective effects index
References
- ↑ Top-down mechanisms of anesthetic-induced unconsciousness (ncbi) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066704/