[It feels at least like she's finally...gotten somewhere, so she listens, face neutral, nodding along, gently.]

It's like...a lack of self-preservation? Regarding if you life or die, at least. [Which, yikes. But she's not really sure what could be done about that.] But the more intense the situation...the more likely it is you'll get some kind of stimulus and feel something.

[Even if she can't do anything- at least she can try and understand.]

Is that close?