Informative and thought-provoking, while also being lighthearted and fun. It's wonderful, thanks.

My experience is very similar to yours, down to the age of the loss. It's a wholly different way of experiencing the world, a subjectively better way, people who assume it is "boring" and such don't actually know what they are talking about (or are intentionally using a different definition of "being whole").

I'm still holding out hope of recovering the feeling and get back to the better life though. I have a hunch meditation and related stuff can help with that.