Sense of touch go away during lots of stress?

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I've been pretty stressed feeling for the past year and a half, but it's hitting me hard lately. I can't stop crying at times and on friday I had a huge panic attack which I was over analyzing my sense of touch. It's like I can't differentiate what I'm touching after a second, it's hard to explain. I can feel pain perfectly fine in my body, like if I was to pinch myself, but touching things with my hands and feet it just seems weird.

Has anyone else gone through this experience before?

Edit: I do not have the "pins and needles" effect either, no tingling. I do not have excessive thirst, hunger or anything like that, so I can rule out diabetes. I'm hoping it's not MS, I think I'm making myself more stressed out looking at symptoms online (I've been a bit of a health anxiety mess in the past, still trying to get over it)

I have that with severe anxiety. It's all those anxiety chemicals messing with your nervous system. I thought I had MS for a while too and so did a neurologist but it ended up being a funky EEG (the sort of stuff they see in people with the type of migraine I have) and migraine aura stuff and at other times severe attacks of anxiety which I didn't recognize as being anxiety attacks.

When I have high anxiety, I have trouble seeing, trouble feeling things when I touch them and feel like I am not really touching the ground when I walk. I find that anxiety can manifest a mock variety of "dissociation" where the nervous system is so hyperactivated that it can't make sense of incoming stimuli. Sensory overload can have this same affect as I am sure you probably know from experience.

I have had consistent adverse reactions and over-reactions to prescription drugs, so I avoid them as much as I can. I have less anxiety while taking Spirulina. I used some pill forms from Mercola for a while, but am going to try their "powdered" liquid form Lord willing. My husband said I was more happy and less anxious when I was taking those pills. If you try it, try to find some from a reputable company because unfortunately the same toxins that are found in fish products can be found in seaweed or algae products. I can't vouch for any one company because one just never really knows where things are sourced from or how its done. Another thing is organic kale. I feel better all around when I eat kale a lot. It is very high in vitamin K though as is anything green so do some research and maybe talk to a doctor about it before you take the spirulina or the kale because it can counteract or enhance the effects of blood-thinning medications like Coumadin or Warfarin, and other heart-related medications if you are taking any of those.

Another thing is a drink called Limu. People sell it like they do Mary Kay and other stuff like that. A friend of mine whose son has more classic autism has tried it on him and they cannot believe the difference it has made in him. There was also improvement in his blood-work (he has other digestive health problems). LImu is seaweed extractives. I want to try it but I don't know how much it costs.

I wish things weren't so expensive but the reduction in anxiety for me is better than $15 or so a month for a bottle of spirulina pills. It just feels like a lot to spend on that. It's really not that bad though.

I also find that avoiding dairy also helps a LOT. I actually have negative bodily, emotional, and nervous system reactions to dairy.

I am sorry for the long reply but I hope it maybe helps. I know how painful anxiety is.

When I was in my first year at secondary school (high school, but in the UK it starts at age 11 for many), I was so stressed out by the new situation and the large number of new people I was dealing with, including starting to be bullied, that I used to get into crying sessions back at home. I was near hysterical, just rocking and sobbing so hard I couldn't stop, and during them I would notice that my hands started to go numb and tingly. I've never had it before or since that period in my life though.

Phew, it makes me feel better knowing that I'm not the only one who has felt these feelings before. I can feel a bit better today, temperature wise (took a shower and could feel the difference between hot and cold better). My appetite has kind of come back as well, I think it's just sensory overload like Quivers said.

I talked to my neighbor who is a firefighter and he said it's most likely just stress / anxiety, as I told him that I don't have increased thirst, hunger, weight loss or other symptoms of something more severe. It's just getting my mind off of it and calming down is a very hard thing for me to do.