To retreat deeply into one's own thoughts or emotions, often becoming unresponsive to the outside world.
To go so deeply into your own feelings or thoughts that you stop paying attention to what is happening around you.
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To become deeply absorbed in one's own inner world, often losing awareness of surroundings, especially under emotional stress.
"After his diagnosis, he fell into himself for weeks, barely speaking to anyone."
To fall inward, into one's own interior space — a spatial metaphor for introspection.
To go so deeply into your own feelings or thoughts that you stop paying attention to what is happening around you.
A rare and fairly literary or psychological expression. More common in written or reflective speech than in casual conversation. Implies an involuntary or overwhelming withdrawal inward, often associated with grief, depression, or deep thought.
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