*hugs*
If it is
not normal, then you can add me to the list of abnormal people. When I trigger, that's exactly what I do... hide somewhere like I did when I was a kid. Sometimes, I am under my desk, or lately, I have been curled up next to my tropical fish aquarium. And I am 30. It is a coping method, I think. I am just glad that I haven't regressed back to my days of SI.
Just know that you are not the only one.