I've described it as a form of ego death in my own philosophy. We basically have three selves: self, self-in-world and self-in-society. Ego death happens when t

I've described it as a form of ego death in my own philosophy. We basically have three selves: self, self-in-world and self-in-society. Ego death happens when the self-in-world dies (derealization) or the self-in-society dies (depersonalization). It's not actually that "self" that dies, though, just the associated narrative. You can still get emotional rewards of that flavor, just not from that narrative. Your other two "selves" have essentially voted it out and will no longer play along with it. The narratives can be as simple as I'm invincible or I have a special role to play in society which of course psychedelics can break apart.