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I can relate very well. This is precisely what I am experiencing. I am trying to manage it/overcome it.
I feel like everything outside of myself is not real, and only my body and mind are real.
What seems to help me is the familiar. I have recently moved, and am adjusting to many different new things. I compare my cognitive functioning to a computer. My software is messed up (storing new memories), but my hardware (older familiar memories) is okay. It is slower, however.
Things that we have learned well become hardwired into our brains, whereas new information takes time to hardwire into the brain since it takes repetition. (The conscious becomes subconscious through this process, like riding a bike.) Some people with E have a hard time hardwiring things. New neuronal pathways are established through learning, and need to be repeated regularly for the pathways to become fluid/unimpeded avenues. E disrupts these neuronal pathways, so we have to work harder at this. It also takes longer because of short circuits in the electrical neuronal pathways, and the sensory signals have to travel around the short(s) to reach their destinations. Dyslexia can result.
The hippocampus is the part of the brain that is mostly responsible for memory formation.
I have facial recognition problems as well (problems in fusiform gyrus). My facial recognition has morphed recently though. I can recognize people better, but some people look different every time I see them.
I hope this helps.
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