Depersonalization, derealization and psychedelics

This article looks at derealization as a effect of meditation and psychedelics, both wanted and unwanted.

Twin Peaks: The Return, which I watched before going on an ayahuascca retreat. I then experienced the derealization explored in the series.

In 2017 I went on a 10-day ayahuasca retreat in the Peruvian Amazon. The retreat itself went great, except for one trip where, for a few minutes, I completely dissociated and forgot my name, body and species. Apart …