Table 8 Ego-Dissolution Inventory (EDI).
From: Phenomenology and content of the inhaled N, N-dimethyltryptamine (N, N-DMT) experience
Questionnaire items | Documented in experience, n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
All experiences (n = 3778) | Experiences with no reported concomitant psychoactive substance use (n = 3242) | |
Felt especially assertive | 4 (0.1) | 4 (0.1) |
Experienced a dissolution of “self” or ego | 140 (3.7) | 129 (4.0) |
Felt more important or special than others | 4 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) |
Felt at one with the universe | 112 (3.0) | 104 (3.2) |
Ego felt inflated | 4 (0.1) | 4 (0.1) |
Felt a sense of union with others | 82 (2.2) | 76 (2.3) |
Felt especially sure-of-myself | 6 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) |
Experienced a decrease in sense of self-importance | 92 (2.4) | 83 (2.6) |
Felt especially keen and competitive | 4 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) |
Experienced a disintegration of “self” or ego | 140 (3.7) | 124 (3.8) |
Felt like viewpoint was worth more than other peoples’ | 3 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) |
Felt far less absorbed by own issues and concerns | 81 (2.1) | 74 (2.3) |
Felt especially self-confident | 6 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) |
Lost all sense of ego | 134 (3.5) | 122 (3.8) |
Felt especially self-assured | 6 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) |
All notion of self and identity dissolved away | 134 (3.5) | 124 (3.8) |
