Research reveals that near-death experiences (NDEs) and psychedelic drug trips exhibit remarkable similarities. Both experiences often involve seeing a bright light, feelings of detachment from the body, and encounters with supernatural entities. High-dosage psychedelic experiences, particularly with DMT, align closely with NDEs reported by individuals during heart attacks. Participants' subjective reports show shared attributes, suggesting a common neurobiological framework beneath these transformative experiences, allowing for various individual psychological interpretations.
'Both states share the same neurobiological "scaffold," but individual psychology builds different experiential "stories" on that foundation.'
Both potent drug trips and near-death experiences (NDEs) can be some of the most transformative moments in a person's life.
The findings suggest that experiencing a bright light at the end of the tunnel is seen in 'nearly all' high-dosage experiences with certain drugs.
Researchers compared 36 participants' subjective reports of DMT-induced trips to a database of near-death experiences triggered by heart attacks.
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