Can an experience with ego death cause depersonalization? How do you live normally after such a profound experience?

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Yes, certainly. There’s nothing wrong with depersonalization - taking things personally is what causes suffering.

Based on the fact that you typed this question into Quora, you live your life pretty normally. What I’m seeing in your question is more like “How can I be like my old self” or “How can I be like other people”.

Don’t worry about it. Don’t try to be like your old self or like other people. What is normal? Who decides what’s normal and what’s not normal? Just live your life and accept it. Stop focusing on what is considered normal and just do what you want to do. If you don’t wanna do anything, don’t do anything. Don’t look at others as a reference for how you’re doing. If you wanna spend time with them, do. If you don’t wanna spend time with them, don’t.

I take it you had a profound spiritual experience, so you might experience things more deeply now. There could be intense emotions or lack of emotion. That’s okay. Don’t take it too personally haha. Whatever comes is fine. Such is life. Just under no circumstances you should do anything to your body or hurt your body - whatever happened to you, or whatever still might happen to you in the future, happens in the mind. Your body will be fine, if you don’t do anything stupid to it, and so will you, trust me.