Cool I didn’t just make this shit up:
Ego psychology and transpersonal psychology provide a useful model based on disidentification and ego-transcendence. The more intense peak experiences are experiences of ego-transcendence and broader, deeper identification beyond the personal. The radically new input of the wilderness experience into the self-perceptual system causes a deep shift, often to the point of disidentification leading to ego-transcendence (Tart, J Transpersonal Psychol ). Ego is a more-or-less integrated set of structures including self-images, object representations, and reactive patterns. Essentially, ego is defensive. Among those with a healthy ego structure, disidentification from the ego and ego-transcendence lead to greater openness, authenticity, pleasure, intimacy, fulfillment, trust, support, and integration with the larger world.
from Psychological Benefits of Nature
I just Googled “Ego Disidentification” to see what came up.
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