About a month or so after mine ended all my emotions and many of my memories left my brain and body. No connection to people, music, tv, world, news, touch, food, nothing. 7 months later I am starting to have that trickle back but I still don’t care that much. I just feel a bit more present and my memory loss has improved a little. I’m showering more than once every few weeks! I know it gets better but it’s slow. How long does it take? Do these stages make sense? Will it take me years? I wish we were advanced enough technologically so that we could see and repair the damage. This was my first and only manic episode and I’m so sad, it was the first time I ever felt truly happy since being 12 (I’m 26 now) and then my brain completely broke with psychosis and shut down. Thank you for any answers and also giving me a space to vent a little.