Phasing out of reality

I know exactly what you're talking about. I find it a rather creative state usually, though not necessarily always in a constructive way. (Generally, the later at night, the more useless the ideas turn out to be. XD) What I've been trying hard to learn how to do is control that state, switch it on and off as I need it. It's quite difficult, especially this month when I'm participating in the National Novel Writing Month and have to switch it on and off several times a day in order to balance life and my word count. ^^;

Uh, you sure you weren't hungover, high, drugged or any of the above? If you weren't...go see a doctor because (not to scare you) but you might have a brain tumor or some mental condition @_@ I've never felt so involved with an anime that I lived, breathed and sleep it.

I think I've experienced what you're talking about a few times. When the thing I'm reading watching, or playing really impacts me emotionally I can't get out of my mind for the whole day. Watching the whole Air Series in one night comes to mind the day after I watched it I kinda felt depressed the whole day because I couldn't stop thinking about how sad it was at the end...So I guess I know what you're talking about...^^;

I get that sensation a lot, for me it feels like an out of body experience ordeal. I see and feel every action i do, and i know that i'm doing it, but for some odd reason it feels somewhat off, like i'm not actually in control. More often so at work than anywhere else, also my mind goes blank and it's kind of hard to concentrate on other things aside from the thing in front of you.

I think I know what you're talking about, and know how to trigger it. I've gotten it when I was too into a certain movie, show, or book I was reading and mistaked that reality as my own, or with dreams.

I.e
- I watched this movie about the Khamer Rouge in High School for an hour and when it was over I felt as if I was still "in" or "apart" of that movie when leaving home from school. It stuck around for a bit before taking off.

- Gundam: Feeling like I'm in a Gundam universe after playing or watching too much of it. I'd phase out and think of other terms and such.

Is that what you meant? I think it's part of how we adapt to our enviroment? :P

I believe I understand what you're referring to.
I had this feeling after finishing the short visual novel called Narcissu.
A really moving VN, imo. I recommend it to anyone. Really makes you think about how great you have it.
For about a week after finishing Narcissu, I just felt out of it. Almost like a depressed state, but without sadness; just a sort of empty void feeling. o_o; I couldn't stop thinking about that novel. I don't know, it's hard to explain.
Although, after I recovered from that state I enjoyed and valued the life I had so much more. So it was sort of a revelation in my life. I've been an happy person greatful of my life ever since then. ^^

2D>3D period

I experience this sometimes, most prominently when I'm reading a book. There are times when I become so involved in the story that I actually forget I'm reading it, not experiencing it. It also happens sometimes if I watch too much anime in a short period of time. I spent one weekend holed up in my room in the dark watching all of X/1999 and I was an absolute wreck afterwords. It can be a very good, or very bad experience. ^^;

I usually get states of altered reality after reading or writing. Jim Butcher's "Dresden Files" series is especially effective at affecting my state of mind, since he writes the novels in the first person (i.e., the story is experienced through the main character's viewpoint and actions).

Writing fiction also tends to affect me in a similar way. I used to be really good at writing horror stories, but I'd be a wreck for about a week, afterwards. ^^;;;

The first time Star Wars played in theaters here (1977), I got into the first matinées show.. Walked out of the theater into the bright afternoon sun in a state of "shell shock". The feeling lasted for hours afterwards..

I think im really deep into this that it makes me retarted in the inside

1. I'm Mentally thinking that Miku Hatsunes my wife
2. I recreate, Make up and edit battle scenes from the Killzone series so much that I've litteraly made a 2 hour length movie in my head
3. I sometimes think that I was a Nazi Waffen-SS Haupsturmfuhrer in my past life or something (regardless im Taiwanese)
4. Like I do with Killzone , I do something similar with Valkyria Chronicles thinking im a Lt in a tank fighting for Gallia
5. I consider my 4 Busou Shinki Dolls my literal daughters and spoil them with Clothing , mini food and other things..
6. I relate the 6 main heroines of AMAGAMI to girls I know IRL , haven't found a match for Ayatsuji and Sae yet though

Well I do have been phasing out after watching some movies or animes thinking how great would it be to live a life like those written in the story of those films. But most exceptional part, I think, is a controlled "Phase out" situation where after playing for 2 rounds of FPS games online, I felt like I was in a real life war situation where choppers, tanks, grenades and bullets flying through and buzzing inside my own room. It took some time before it really calmed down :(

reality can be painful. virtuality can be whatever you want it to be :P

I had to read abook for a history class, ultimatlyi ended up have to read half the book in one night. At one point in the city floods and the charaters have to deal with that. At one point durring those chapters I looked up out the window and was actually suprised it wasn't raining, really for the next two days I was expecting rain at any moment, even thought it was only 10° outside the whole week.

When I watched the last episode of Angel Beats, yes...I was in some sort of an emotionally depressed trance lol

One word: Evangelion. Finishing Evangelion TV version in one go left me like a living zombie for 3 days. Reading Evangelion: Re-Take doujin by Studio Kimigabuchi wrecked me for days after reading chapter 0 to 2.