[kingfish]

I can get so zoned out that I can sleep and read aloud simultaneously.

ONLY whilst reading those horrible Fairy books to my kids where the story is the same for every interminably long, boring book. They should be outlawed. Before I had realised how atrocious they were I was reading one to my 3yo and my brain must have shut down in order to protect itself. I 'woke' with a jolt (not like coming out of a usual zone out) and did a quick book check. Yep, still held up and open but about two chapters further along...."Have I been reading the whole time?" I ask. My child is quite confused by this line of questioning and assures me I have.

I had no recollection of it at all and it really felt like I had been asleep. You know that really panicked jolt awake feeling when you realise you have fallen asleep and need to be doing something else. It's different from the 'zone back in' feeling.

Anyway, the most important thing is to NEVER pollute a developing mind with those Fairy books....and there are HUNDREDS of them.

[dodobird]

I zoned out today at work. I got back from lunch. I knew what I had to do, but just couldn't do it. I wasn't procrastinating, just staring at the screen caught between dealing with issue A or issue B.

[Cat1021]

Is this common with INTJ's? I am an INFJ, and I space out ALL the time. I figured I just had ADD, and when I had insurance, I was prescribed Adderall.

I space out during nearly everything. Hell, I space out watching TV with my boyfriend. He'll start laughing, and I'll realize I had no idea what went on. In fact, my boyfriend finally caught on to my spacy-ness a few months back while we still had a long distance relationship. We used to play a videogame online together, and if he got sucked into a conversation with another player that I had no input on, I would space out. When he would turn his attention back on me, I either tried (and failed miserably) to pretend I was following his question, or I'd get the "Babe? Babe!"

I'm glad he finds most of my quirks endearing, because they make me feel rather sheepish. Lol

[SolRa]

I was eating dinner with my mother at Hibachi grill. After being served all of our food, I go into zone out mode while eating some delicious rice and shrimp. Meanwhile, my mom accidentally spills my drink over directly toward me. As if being stunned by Medusa's stare, I didn't flinch as everyone sees water spill across the edge of the table and spill all over my lap.

[Sniped Soul]

I was sitting at a table of five working on a group project. The girl beside me started asking me questions about what we were doing, but I was completely zoned out. Unfortunately, I was staring into space with my eyes pointed right at her. It took me like 30 seconds to snap out of it. She was pretty creeped out, to say the least.

[Awesome]

I had a silent strange conversation with myself while counting some stuff at work.
Mouth moving, hand gestures, facial expressions, and everything.

My coworker snorted from laughing so hard.
Customers were staring at me.

It was real funny in my head at least.

[JonD]

In my boss's office, during a teleconference.

I snapped out of it when my boss started asking "Jon? Jon? What do you think about that?" I had to apologize profusely and say I was thinking about something else.

It's hard not to space out during those meetings when they are so poorly ran. Usually they have no set topics for the project, and are heavy on pointless embellishment.

Aside: I'm pretty sure zoning out is more of an IXXX or perhaps INXX trait and is not strictly an INTJ trait.

[DesertKnight]

Basically every time my wife tells me to do.something while I am already currently thinking about something inocuous. I will almost never hear/comprehend what she is saying and then later get into trouble (as well I should) for not paying attention. Damnable inwardly focused thought process.

[Kearley65]

I have to say in class one time I was not paying attention and the professor called on me to answer the question like three times before I snapped out of the zone-out.

Me: "Uhhhhhh...yeah...I was not paying attention could you repeat the question please."
Professors: "Damn it, Kearley. You are going to make me repeat myself."
Me: "If you want me to answer the question then yes."
Professor: "You smart ass. I said what it the answer to question 6?"
Me: "Oh, NA. Problem does not have enough information to solve it."
Professor: "Was that so hard."
Me: (I just laugh and so does everyone else).

Took it from embarrassing to hilarious. Lucky for me I could get away with murder and the professor would still give me an A.

[John F Kennedy]

I often zone out during conversations when someone is speaking, and that's because they're so boring. What I say interests me more. So I just continue to think about what I said rather than listen to the response, because if I didn't, I'd fall asleep!

[SilasGTBronte]

This is not the worst place to zone out for me, but I do tend to zone out after socializing for a prolonged period of time, specially in a club. The bad thing is that I am trying to improve my relationship with the people that I know, but they might interpret it as being a boring person.

[Doggzilla]

	Originally Posted by IncorrectLabel To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I've had it happen on various occasions. I think it has to do with either a random overload of sensory. People talking, you trying to pay attention, random noises, and then.... you enter the other world. I also believe it is just in our nature to "zone out" because we are in our head most of the time as INTs.

So true, but I feel a bit as if the world is boring, except in its possibilities. For instance, I have trouble watching movies because they are so unimaginative. My mind is so much more vivid.

[VF1J]

I don't think I really zone out too often, but I usually don't respond to people like clerks at stores who are overly happy and I don't realise I'm being rude.

Sometimes when conversing with an INTJ friend one of us will make a comment, and the other will respond about half a minute later, and so on. It is kind of funny once you think about it.

[Arbosis]

Taking TOEFL, a test that costs $215 usd. The topics where so damn boring.

[Kadadj]

It has happened several times that when I re-emerge from my brain, I'm looking at cleavage. I blame my subconscious.

[Spare]

I used to zone out in school, specially on lessons which didn't had much logic behind it.
That's probably why i finished average...
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[TheWanderer]

I can zone out during the early parts of movies and miss plot details. Its kind of embarssing to, and more likely to happen when I was really engaged in what I was doing

[SeverusSin]

All the time, in fact I've just snapped myself back to reality to post this reply.

[Dancingqueen]

Drove 20 minutes in the wrong direction.

[John F Kennedy]

	Originally Posted by TheWanderer To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I can zone out during the early parts of movies and miss plot details.

Yes, me too. It doesn't help that they give lots of intricate information very fast, and I wonder if the majority of people really gets it--they are probably just waiting to decide who's good and who's bad (based on facial expression) and watch them engage in a shootout.

But yeah, I'm often like my late grandmother, just clued out while watching a movie.

[slothsaver]

Doing this while driving is absolutely terrifying. This happened to me once and when I finally realized where I was, and tried to figure out how long I was "out of it," I came to the conclusion that it was something along the lines of 10 or 15 minutes. I'm still amazed that I didn't kill anyone during that time.

[Selene]

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	Doing this while driving is absolutely terrifying. This happened to me once and when I finally realized where I was, and tried to figure out how long I was "out of it," I came to the conclusion that it was something along the lines of 10 or 15 minutes. I'm still amazed that I didn't kill anyone during that time.

I can relate to this. When the realization that I'm completely lost hits, the sense of helplessness is terrifying enough to reflexively cause me to tune out. I hate that feeling.

[gint]

I was cycling down a road (down slope) and zoned - out, as the sound of the wind against my face was so soothing! Next thing I knew, *BAM* I hit the road bump at the bottom of the road and was sent flying.

One other time, I actually drove back into my compound (opening the electronic gate and all) but scratched the side of my car when parking; I zoned - out for a span of 1 minute or so when all that happened.

Don't we just love that brain space of ours.
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[SeverusSin]

I zone out everywhere and all the time, in fact I look forward to it. I have predefined habitual thoughts and ideas that I frequently like to observe. My own little world, its the best!

The most difficult thing ever is to try and maintain attention when the mind wants to wonder, then I look like I'm awkwardly and painfully paying attention to the person in front of me. It usually makes them feel awkward and they conclude their point quickly to allow more head space. Score!

[mendokusei16]

I zone out whenever my...friend...tries to speak to me or get my attention...
I guess I subconsciously do that to ignore his stupidity...