I personally love the experience of so-called ego death ("complete loss of subjective self-identity") from psychedelics, but I can understand why other people d

I personally love the experience of so-called ego death ("complete loss of subjective self-identity") from psychedelics, but I can understand why other people don't. The brain filters reality in a highly organized and optimized manner. It takes all our sensory input and fuses it into a remarkably stable, though inherently subjective reality. Psychedelics attenuate the filter. Suddenly, things aren't so organized or stable. That can be very scary to some people and thrillingly fun for others. Add to that, deep-seated emotions and repressed memories, which can bubble up without warning when you lose control, and things get even more fraught.