Experience a Story

How does one experience a story told to them?

When I am really immersed in a fiction, I no longer think about myself. The real world and thoughts surrounding it are temporarily purged from my mind, and the flow of emotions and feelings are lifted into my reality sphere.

Sometimes the immersion can last longer and become hard to abort, similar to stronger dreams right before waking up.

Some works may contain triggers, intentional or not. These triggers will throw me back in reality by resonating with certain memory or experience, especially traumatic or emotional ones.