Interesting. My sense of touch has gotten messed up for week or so a few times and those experience really made me appreciate how the brain integrates the sense

Interesting. My sense of touch has gotten messed up for week or so a few times and those experience really made me appreciate how the brain integrates the senses to create the feeling of "normal" existence. You don't even realize this until the system breaks down. The closest thing I compare my experiences to is: imagine interacting with the world using a pair of super awesome VR gloves. Not muted exactly, just somehow unreal feeling. Even though my muscles worked just fine, the differentness of sensation made it very to manipulate objects without concentration. This was especially true for fabrics and soft objects, which my brain found fascinating to play with but utterly incomprehensible. The unreal sensation slowly faded throughout the week but certain experiences—like trying to use pockets—would make the feeling of unreality come roaring back. I don't know if this fading was just my brain returning to normal or if it was my brain re-leaning and adjusting to what normal is.