Submitting to the story

It's no secret - I'm submissive. But what I didn't expect was that I could find myself submitting to a story. Sometimes, when I'm writing a particularly compelling story, the strangest thing happens - the story controls me. It doesn't just tell itself through my pen, but even when I'm not writing, I find myself seeing the world through the story's eyes. I find myself responding to others as though I were the story. I dream the story at night. I'm just consumed by the story.

I'm certain I can't be the only writer who finds this happening....can I?