But some people might be more comfortable saying there's a fundamental need for tripping than saying there's a fundamental need for religion (which usually encompasses transcending death and deep meanings for life).
This is hugely beneficial, until it isn't. Having the ability to utilize multiple lenses to see things in a different perspective allows us to unrecognize the threats from our most used perspective.
The over recognition of threats, particularly those you can't control, plays a major role in depression (rage) and anxiety.
Everyone has a default perspective but getting deeply involved in anything can allow us to gain additional perspectives.
Religion provides an alternate perspective. E.g it is the will of Allah, Jesus died to save me, ending any suffering ends all suffering, etc.
With that when you look at things you can apply those perspective filters and see things differently.
Deep interests are filters as well. An example that is a personal anecdote is when I became involved in woodworking and construction I look at houses and "see" how they were built, I see the components, the connections etc, I see trees as board feet and just intrinsically visualize their milling.
It happens with other things as well and it can bring anxieties too, I'm far more concerned that some buildings are going to collapse at random after I have been involved in construction.
Religion can of course add anxieties.
Any new perspective can. Having a new perspective / different way of thinking, on a physical level is a rewiring of connections in the brain. The perspective can become reflexive, mental muscle memory.
The activity of drugs is to induce this rewiring effect. Changing the actual way the brain works by binding to receptors and forcing new connections or reroutes.
Historically people would play many roles, typically changing with the seasons, each which offered a different focal perspective.
As well they would have a deep guided religious experience, use perspective changing drugs and have a strong notion of either self or community which offered further perspectives.
Today many people follow the same path and pattern far too frequently. Affording very limited development of alternative perspective. This leads to a much more developed recognition of negatives due to lack of diversified perspectives.
What else could happen though, it's often, daycare for 3 years, school for 12/16+ then work for 30-40 years. Perhaps there's a year or even just a couple summers of exploratory travel, then we're relegated to a few weeks of vacation and commercialized cultural holidays.