Immersion intensification
Immersion intensification is defined as an effect which results in a pronounced increase in one's tendency to become fully captivated and engrossed by external stimuli such as music, film, TV shows, video games, and various other forms of media.[1][2][3][4] This greatly increases one's suspension of disbelief, increases one’s empathy with the characters, suppresses one's memory of the "outside world", and allows one to become engaged on a level that is largely unattainable during everyday sober living.
At its highest point of intensity, immersion intensification can reach a level in which the person begins to truly believe that the media they are consuming is a real-life event that is actually happening in front of them or is being relayed through a screen. This is likely a result of the effect synergizing with other accompanying components such as internal or external hallucinations, delusions, memory suppression, and suggestibility intensification. Immersion intensification often exaggerates the emotional response a person has towards media they are engaged with. Whether or not this experience is enjoyable can differ drastically depending on various factors such as the emotional tone and familiarity of what is being perceived.
Immersion intensification is most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of dissociative compounds, such as ketamine, PCP, and DXM. However, it can also occur to a lesser extent under the influence of psychedelics[4] and cannabinoids.
Psychoactive substances
Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:
- 1B-LSD
- 1P-ETH-LAD
- 1P-LSD
- 1V-LSD
- 1cP-AL-LAD
- 1cP-LSD
- 1cP-MiPLA
- 2-Fluorodeschloroketamine
- 25B-NBOH
- 25B-NBOMe
- 25C-NBOH
- 25C-NBOMe
- 25D-NBOMe
- 25E-NBOH
- 25I-NBOH
- 25I-NBOMe
- 25N-NBOMe
- 2C-B
- 2C-C
- 2C-E
- 2C-EF
- 2C-I
- 2C-P
- 2C-T
- 2C-T-2
- 2C-T-21
- 2C-T-7
- 3-Cl-PCP
- 3-FEA
- 3-FPM
- 3-HO-PCE
- 3-HO-PCP
- 3-MMC
- 3-MeO-PCE
- 3-MeO-PCMo
- 3-MeO-PCP
- 3C-E
- 3C-P
- 4-AcO-DET
- 4-AcO-DMT
- 4-AcO-DiPT
- 4-AcO-MET
- 4-AcO-MiPT
- 4-FA
- 4-FMA
- 4-HO-DET
- 4-HO-DPT
- 4-HO-DiPT
- 4-HO-EPT
- 4-HO-MET
Experience reports
Annectdotal reports which describe this effect with our experience index include:
- Experience: 105mg Ephenidine - An Intense Emotional Experience
- Experience: 300mg DXM (Oral) - Brink of the third
- Experience: 36mg 4-AcO-DiPT - Truly, one for the psychedelic animals among us
- Experience:100-350mg - Phenylpiracetam in daily life
- Experience:225mg Pregabalin +Cannabis -Bliss and Serenity; a hedonistic evening
- Experience:5g Mushrooms - Failed attempt at a Terence Mckenna style trip.
- Experience:60mg 4-AcO-DMT Nonstop Quasi-Orgasmic Objectless Euphoria
- Experience:BK-2C-B - Various experiences
- Experience:LSD (150µg) + Cannabis - 150µg lsd and a shitload of weed
- Experience:LSD (230 ug) - An amazing adventure by vikilikepsych
- Experience:Mushrooms and Snuff Films -- Trip Report (3.5 grams)
See also
- Responsible use
- Subjective effects index
- Dissociatives - Subjective effects
- Deliriants - Subjective effects
- Psychedelics - Subjective effects
References
- ↑ Waller, Niels; Putnam, Frank W.; Carlson, Eve B. (1996). "Types of dissociation and dissociative types: A taxometric analysis of dissociative experiences". Psychological Methods. 1 (3): 300–321. doi:10.1037/1082-989X.1.3.300. ISSN 1082-989X.
- ↑ Giesbrecht, Timo; Merckelbach, Harald; Geraerts, Elke (2007). "The Dissociative Experiences Taxon Is Related to Fantasy Proneness". The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 195 (9): 769–772. doi:10.1097/NMD.0b013e318142ce55. ISSN 0022-3018.
- ↑ Levin, Ross; Spei, Ekaterina (2016). "Relationship of Purported Measures of Pathological and Nonpathological Dissociation to Self-Reported Psychological Distress and Fantasy Immersion". Assessment. 11 (2): 160–168. doi:10.1177/1073191103256377. ISSN 1073-1911.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lynn, Christopher Dana (2005). "Adaptive and Maladaptive Dissociation: An Epidemiological and Anthropological Comparison and Proposition for an Expanded Dissociation Model". Anthropology of Consciousness. 16 (2): 16–49. doi:10.1525/ac.2005.16.2.16. ISSN 1053-4202.