The Varieties of Self-Transcendent Experience
Review of General Psychology May 1, 2017 David Bryce Yaden, Jonathan Haidt, Ralph W. Hood et al. 682 citations
Various forms of self-loss have been described as aspects of mental illness (e.g., depersonalization disorder), but might self-loss also be related to mental health? In this integrative review and proposed organizational framework, we focus on self-transcendent experiences (STEs)—transient mental states marked by decreased self-salience and increased feelings of connectedness. We first identify...