Cognitive effects: Increased empathy, love and sociability

Increased empathy, love and sociability can be described as a set of thought patterns, behavioural effects and mental processes which are primarily triggered by Entactogens. It is a persepctive which is dominated by emotional euphoria and a set of effects which are characterized by:

• Decreased negative emotion and behaviour such as stress, anxiety, fear, and paranoia.
• Increased sociability and feelings of communication being easy or simple.
• Increased urge to communicate with others.
• Increased empathy, love and feelings of closeness or connection with others.
• Reduced insecurity, defensiveness, and fear of emotional injury.
• Decreased irritability, aggression, anger, and jealousy.

At appropriate dosages, these effects are felt as very strong and create overwhelming feelings of love and empathy for the people around oneself. This results a mind state which is extremely powerful for mending pre-existing emotional disputes and reinventing the bonds between friendships and romantic partners.

See also

• Subjective effects index
• Psychedelics - Subjective effects
• Dissociatives - Subjective effects
• Entactogens