I have experienced a LOT of changes in my life since taking DMT for the first time way back in June.  They are for the better in the sense that I have a deeper awareness of who I am.  The changes are for the worse because there has been some pretty profound cognative dissonance in my life over the last few years (in case you didn't figure that out from my screen name...)  and it has been brought into sharp focus by my experiences in hyperspace.  I've become more or less miserable around a good many of the people I've been thinking of as my friends, because my worldview is so drastically different from theirs.  It isn't that the elves changed my worldview to bring it into dissonance with my "friends," it always has been, but I've successfully sublimated my own opinions and viewpoints, stopped being the kind of person who speaks up for himself, and allowed myself to be content with people who love me because I pretend to be the kind of person they love rather than finding people who love me for the person that I am.  So...  Has DMT helped me...  Not really.  It's only helped me realize how much energy I'd been wasting pretending to be someone I wasn't, or at least the energy I'd spent allowing others to believe I was someone I wasn't.  I never lied to anyone about my thoughts or feelings, just withheld critical info or opinions in order to slide under the door and into their lives and hearts.  I feel shitty now because I now see that I don't have any real friends other than my wife, and I feel shitty because I will inevitably hurt these people I love when I can't take it anymore and reveal who I really am, which, I fear/hope/dread/rejoice, is coming VERY soon.