Some of them seem a bit too silly to me to be real. Assuming, of course, that people are my age. If they're younger than I have less doubts.
But for the sword thing, I do have a pretty vivid imagination. So I tend to go off on little tangents in my brain.
I'm also very empathetic:
... When you're reading WoA again and your entire mood for the evening is reflected by Vins current emotional state.