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I, too, often slip into my mind and drift away. It's weird, though, because I excel at a sort of multi-tasking, that my brain is moving at a billion miles per nanosecond with uncountable thoughts, and yet part of me just slows down and "experiences" these daydreams... add to that the fact that I'm still aware of the real world, and can almost always respond (whilst retaining the very real, detailed dreamworld in my head).

I've always thought it was a technique developed from losing myself in the books I read. I'm the kind of person who cannot be disturbed once I get involved in a book. Well, my wife throws things at me to get my attention, but other than that, it's really hard to break me away from my "escape."

Of course, I think my self-created escapes are of a lesser variety because I CAN break away from them with ease.

I don't know. I have absolutely no basis for comparison, because the vast majority of how I am does not exist in other people. I'm either a genius, or completely insane. How does one tell the difference? :)