5-Dimensional Altered States of Consciousness Rating Scale (5D-ASC)

I felt that I was in a wonderful other world.

My thoughts and actions were slowed down.

Bodily sensations were very enjoyable.

I heard single words without knowing where they came from.

I heard rings and tones without knowing where they came from.

I felt as if dark forces had overtaken me.

I saw things I knew were not real.

I felt like a puppet or marionette.

I felt connected to a higher power.

I felt sleepy.

A melody occurred to me that I had to constantly repeat.

I experienced boundless pleasure.

Meaningless noises sounded like real words or phrases.

I saw regular patterns with closed eyes or in complete darkness.

I felt drunk.

I felt I was being transformed forever in a miraculous way.

I felt that I was on the verge of unconsciousness.

Everything seemed to unify into a oneness.

I heard my thoughts as if I had spoken them out loud.

Sounds seemed to influence what I saw.

I felt tormented.

I saw colors with closed eyes or in complete darkness.

Shapes seemed to be changed by sounds or noises.

I perceived everything as blurry, as if through a kind of fog.

A voice commented on everything I thought although no one was there.

I felt as if I no longer had a body.

I felt incapable of making even the smallest decision.

Some everyday things acquired special meaning.

I felt drowsy.

I heard complete sentences without knowing where they came from.

Things in my environment had a new strange meaning.

I was afraid that the state I was in would last forever.

I saw brightness or flashes of light with closed eyes or in complete darkness.

I felt one with my surroundings.

Worries and anxieties of everyday life felt unimportant.

My sense of time and space was altered as if I was dreaming.

My perception was blurred.

I had difficulties in distinguishing important from unimportant.

I saw whole scenes roll by with closed eyes or in complete darkness.

I felt extraordinary powers within myself.

I experienced a touch of eternity.

Conflicts and contradictions seemed to dissolve.

I was scared without knowing exactly why.

I experienced everything as frighteningly distorted.

The world seemed to me beyond good and evil.

I experienced my surroundings as strange and weird.

I felt as if I were paralyzed.

I heard music without knowing where it came from.

I heard something faintly that I could not identify.

I felt very profound.

I felt numb.

I experienced past, present, and future as a oneness.

I experienced unbearable emptiness.

Objects in my surroundings engaged me emotionally much more than usual.

From an initially diffuse noise, which I could not identify as real, clear rings and tones evolved.

I felt threatened.

Many things appeared to me as breathtakingly beautiful.

Things came to my mind that I thought long forgotten.

I felt like I do shortly before falling asleep.

My body felt numb, lifeless, and/or alien.

I felt as if I was half-asleep.

I had the impression I was out of my body.

I felt as if I was floating.

I felt isolated from everything and everyone.

I heard voices that did not come from the surroundings as usual.

I heard something like a buzzing, swooshing, or humming without recognizing the cause.

I was not able to complete a thought; my thoughts repeatedly became disconnected.

I felt I was about to fall asleep.

I had insights into connections that had previously puzzled me.

Many things seemed incredibly funny to me.

The boundaries between myself and my surroundings seemed to blur.

I could see images from my memory or imagination with extreme clarity.

I felt totally free and released from all obligations.

I heard diffuse noises without knowing where they came from.

The colors of things seemed to be altered by sounds or noises.

Sounds and noises were fainter than usual.

I had very original thoughts.

I had the feeling that I no longer had my own will.

I was afraid of losing control over myself.

I stayed frozen in a very unnatural position for an extended period of time.

I experienced a kind of awe.

My imagination was extremely vivid.

Things in my surroundings appeared smaller or larger.

I felt exhausted.

Time passed slowly in a tormenting way.

I experienced profound inner peace.

Everything around me seemed to be animated with life.

Everything happened so fast that I could not follow it all.

I had the feeling that something terrible was going to happen.

I was able to remember certain events with exceeding clarity.

I experienced an all-embracing love.

There were sounds in the room that I feel were unlikely to have been real.

I heard a ticking, knocking, ringing, or rattling without being able to recognize the cause.