How to recover. Need hope
2020 I started getting panic attacks was dealing with heavy anxiety and pressure being around other people, then dealt with severe intrusive images. My brain pretty much shutdown after the images. Since then I’ve been in a very disconnected and numb state. First couple years I didn’t accept it and put pressure on my brain to work and have kind of stayed in this cycle. Anyways I’ve finally accepted my state recently and looking to come out of this. Would really like to know from other people that have stayed in this state for multiple years. How is your mind affected by it once you come out. Before this happened to me I was pretty smart. Was good at reading and learning new things. That’s pretty much all gone and I feel much dumber then what I was once just cause I really haven’t stimulated my brain in years now being in this state. I’m a little worried I did a lot of damage to my brain by staying in this state for so long. Wondering how long it took also to come out of this state. I’ve been completely calm all day everyday for past couple months and don’t really have any thoughts or interests so can just stare at a wall for hours. I think my brains starting to come back a little bit. Was seeing if anyone else has been this deep in also. Could really use some hope.