Peter Attia· MD
the idea of dissolution of the ego through the use of psychedelics is not a dissolution of the classic psychodynamic or Freudian ego which is like the whole self at its most poised and comprehensively aware and empowered it's more the dissolution of ego as defense that we we build up over time I think a shocking number of defense mechanisms that serve us well at the time but that ultimately are an unhealthy part of the foundation that then gets built upon