[dxjones]

Some well explained thoughts. Overall, I agree with the "gist" of it. :-)

I have experienced something similar, after rather intense stretches of coding, especially when it involved optimization or visualization, ... I sometimes find it difficult to resurface and be verbally expressive and articulate again.

[tricky]

Same thing happens to me. I just tell everyone I'm "code brained" and sit in a corner until I snap out of it.