Thank you for this. You've articulated what I've felt for a very long time. I was successful mathematics student, and almost 2 years ago I suffered a concussion. The sense of being stuck inside yourself, and of having lost all forms of higher processing is terrifying. Combined with professionals who downplay and reduce your problems to headaches and stress, when your entire experience of life had been drastically altered. What you said about the fight or flight response is validating as well, as I've felt so much shame for becoming avoidant and fearful of sensory input. I've made some great progress with vision retraining, but this gives me even more hope.
Yes, the depersonalization and lack of higher mental processing faculties really ruined my life experience. So many opportunities that came and went unfulfilled or half-done from fatigue and poor mental capacity despite being intelligent is a cruel paradox.
Thank you for this. You've articulated what I've felt for a very long time. I was successful mathematics student, and almost 2 years ago I suffered a concussion. The sense of being stuck inside yourself, and of having lost all forms of higher processing is terrifying. Combined with professionals who downplay and reduce your problems to headaches and stress, when your entire experience of life had been drastically altered. What you said about the fight or flight response is validating as well, as I've felt so much shame for becoming avoidant and fearful of sensory input. I've made some great progress with vision retraining, but this gives me even more hope.
Yes, the depersonalization and lack of higher mental processing faculties really ruined my life experience. So many opportunities that came and went unfulfilled or half-done from fatigue and poor mental capacity despite being intelligent is a cruel paradox.