Derealization?

[BilboBaggins]

This might be kind of an odd post, sorry. I might sound kind of weird and I'm not sure if it's going to make any sense, so sorry... :S

It's apparently pretty common to pace and rock etc while daydreaming and I know alot of people say they find themself talking outloud. Sometimes I almost act it out, in facial expressions, head tilts, talking at invisible people all around- everything .  Not sure if derealization is the right word per say, but have you ever had a very vivid daydream and ended up feeling very uncomfortable and surreal in the real world? That happened to me today.It's always sort of scary and yet.. not.. (Been really stressed lately too, so maybe that's why.) I was on my bed daydreaming for about two hours, and when I got up to do something everything around me just felt off. Looking in the mirror I didn't feel like myself, it was like looking at a stranger in a strange room, strange house with unfamiliar people all around. That's happened a few times, where I can't feel familiar at all with the face staring back at me and I'm convinced that I look different than I actually do. After my daydreaming I kind of got caught up in the daydream and couldn't really help becoming my character in a way. Unfortunately this particular character was going through some pretty tough times so I instantly was wracked with anxiety, panic, sadness and irratic behaviour and if anyone came into my room, they'd probably have thought that I'd lost my mind. It was so difficult to break out of it. I had to pick my Dad up from work and on the car-ride home and kept finding myself right back in it, to the point where he was asking what was wrong because I kept mumbling and frowning to myself. 

Has anyone ever gotten so caught up in a daydream that they've found themselves unable to break out of it? Don't get me wrong:  at no point do I think that my daydreams are real. It's more a sudden improvised acting that immediately becomes fully adopted. Anyways, my rambling is becoming confusing and I think I sound really odd so I'll stop now, but does this sound familiar to anyone? 

[Em]

I get this all the time where I'm so in tune with the world in my daydreams that I feel uncomfortable in reality. I'm especially like this when life is stressful. When life causes me anxiety and hardship over a long period of time, I shut myself in my head (unintentionally) and I have a hard time coming out because it's so much more comfortable in my head. I have so much more control over things in my head. Once, a couple years ago, I had a few really bad months where my life was pretty much a living hell. At that point in time, I had a hard time not talking to myself when I would go out in public. I had never had that problem before... I was always able to keep it contained. Also, ever since I got over my problems that were making my life so hellish back then, my daydreams are intense but not quite so reality stealing. I can keep it in check when I'm in a public place.

[roxanne]

I'm so used to going back & forth between 2 worlds that what you describe seldom happens.  But it used to more when I was younger & would get deeply entrenched in the drama of the DD.  But I certainly recognize what you are talking about.