Is it normal to detach mentally when someone talks to you?

I was reading this, but then my brain flew away and took magical adventure

I just do that in general. My brain has a mind of its own.

Sometimes people are so boring you just have to tune them out, even when you don't want to be rude. I was sitting on the bus one time and this boring woman who I never met before started telling me about her entire day. She talked so slow and explained in detail how she has a bowl of bran flakes in the morning with toast. I tried not to be rude but I almost passed out from the boredom. Why do some people think you are interested in what they do in the morning until they go to bed at night? Maybe some people are lonely and I guess we should take the time to listen to them and be a little friendly.

For me i usually do this when i know what the person in talking to is going to say and so on. Then my mind goes wild but always waiting with the right responses

I used to be able to do this at will. For instance, when I was a kid, I developed the ability to be able to tune out anything at any noise level when I read. People were amazed and sometimes it really came in handy.

I can't seem to do it more now, I think it is because I am more in tune/aware of this plane of existence than when I was a child. Also, I am not really experiencing anything traumatic that would make me want to disassociate myself from this plane. Sure, I can get lost in thought, but when I do this it is not as extreme. The tuning out ability, was akin to a type of trance. Perhaps, If I get serious with things like meditation (etc.) I might be able to getters in the method.

My therapist encourages me to do that with my mom and my sister. Sometimes tuning people out can be considered rude but tuning certain people out can be good for you. I also tend to inadvertently tune out people whom I find to be painfully dull and boring because otherwise I would fall asleep or go all zombiesque staring at nothing and drooling on myself.

We all do this when we are sick of listening to the fucktards.

Thanks God we can do that otherwise life would be unbearable.

i do this all the time whenever someone complains about other people or me, i am so bored that is hard to stay focused, i guess it is due to the fact that i don't really care but i may have some issues...

I do that all the time. I think it's a defense mechanism my brain developed to combat social anxiety. It is something similar to depersonalization for me, in that I take my feelings out of the situation so that they won't get hurt if something goes wrong.

I do that all the time, and have a hard time focusing on what one person is saying in crowd, but then again I supposedly have Aspergers.

I never do this, I always listen intently and give much positive feedback for you.

It's normal; I get that all the time. I just sing a song in my head and wait for it all to end.

That's how I am every time someone gives
me shit about something I can't change like my height. I just stand there and think to myself, "K."