#AIWS

[vixyz-aac-hoard]

Alice In Wonderland Syndrome Set

Alice In Wonderland Syndrome

My hands are very small

I feel very small, I feel very big

Things are very big, Things are very small

Time is fast, Time ia slow

[paranormal-taters]

When I tell you I have MISSED writing these dorks.

[loser-pet]

bro having AIWS is so weird, and I think being a system makes these episodes a lot more visceral

last night I was talking to The Voices™️ (aka my headmates) about what their favourite trinket was and how I should create my headspace, and as I would talk to each of them I felt my body shifting in size (when I talked to princess my body would feel like it’s shrinking, when I talked to ruby my body would grow) and it got so much worse when I talked to Something.

it legit felt like I was growing and shrinking and the body parts were growing and shrinking and extending and it was so weird—it was like someone was playing with the customization options of my body (like when you get to customize your character at the beginning of a video game and you can choose your size and how big you want certain body parts to be).

this continued for probably 20 minutes even after I stopped talking to Something (give or take, my time perception goes out of wack when I get these episodes), and it was honestly really weird. when I get these episodes it’s normally one body part or my whole body (usually it’s my hands that increase in size, or me feeling like I’m way taller/bulkier than I actually am), but this time nothing was safe from my hallucinations. I also heard random super quiet whispers, which was definitely unpleasant

also I don’t see nearly enough representation for people with AIWS… I wish I had more folks to connect to over this weird condition

ALSO ALSO! We’ve finally decided on our system name!! From now on, us as a collective will be know as The Trinket Collective! We’ll probably make a post talking more about it in the near future -📺📚

[chris-wonder]

Oh boy AIWS episode while working. I was in the middle of a call and suddenly the computer screen was way too close to my face and my hands are stick thin and tiny

[the-100-percent]

Not us watching the beginning of Alice In Wonderland and thinking "wow that reminds me of Alice in wonderland syndrom- oh" 💀💀💀💀

-👠

[tesseractlover]

AIWS

Anybody else with AIWS and ADHD? Like your concept of time is completely nonexistent?  It could be 5pm and you think it’s 10pm. Something could have happened a year ago but you have it in your head as a month. You might even say “the other day…” when it was 6 months ago. Also does anyone else get triggered by elevators like the second it goes down the world is all warped now for ten minutes. I have on average one or two episodes a day but they usually happen when I’m tired or stressed. Anyone else relate?

[cubeispog]

AIWS Episode documenting

So all this week i had been super out of it and dissociating all week and its really annoying I thought this was normal like i mean system shit but then last night it felt like my body was changing. My hands kept getting bigger and small and I kept getting taller. So then I did research on aiws and am like 90% sure i'm in an aiws episode.

[bugs-in-the-dirt]

ayo does anyone else have, like, a combination of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome and Visual Snow Syndrome? do ppl usually have one or the other?

so, like, AIWS for me is usually only visual distortion. i've always described it like the world around me looks like its throbbing/pulsating. i've noticed folks seem to describe it like things are simultaneously black-and-white extremes, like for example:

feeling enormous like the Big Friendly Giant but also minuscule like Thumbelina

the space around you is both vastly spacious like a large empty gymnasium and cramped as hell like trying to fit yourself in a dollhouse

objects or people seeming really close like you're seeing them through binoculars or a zoomed-in photo online, but at the same time insanely far away as if you needed to yell from across a football field for them to hear you

even tho i never explained it as simultaneously opposing extremes, it's still exactly spot-on. i remember it only ever happening at night for some reason, and usually after i stare at something for seemingly too long and start to feel self-aware of perceiving reality. i recall as a child seeing the walls on the opposite side of my bedroom simultaneously or rapidly zooming in and out after taking in the size of the walls and focusing too hard on their connecting corners. when i looked away to try and make it stop, if i saw anything remotely rectangular or having flat edges then it would start occurring with that new thing in my sight. it usually stopped if i focused on something round, oddly enough. the worst part of these episodes for some reason was when something incredibly small felt like somehow it encompassed the entire universe? i totally forgot about that til i saw someone's reddit post mentioning it.

though there were nights where it would be so strong and constant it was horribly frightening - floors and walls would start moving like an unstable treehouse balancing on a singular weak limb, rectangles would lean into trapezoid shapes, the ground feeling like a wobbly conveyer-belt. it helped to walk out of my room during those worse episodes, though sometimes i'd walk into the bathroom and still feel like everything was spinning. walking during this time usually felt like time was moving unnaturally fast like is was on x4 speed or smth, but at the same time it felt slow since i was aware it wasnt actually sped-up movement.

that's when i'd start dissociating a bit and see a blurry hallucination of colorful hand-drawn sailboats? it was actually extremely soothing in comparison to the panic-attack-inducing distortion of reality around me, providing a gentle PBS Kids aesthetic of a visual that sailed smoothly across a cutely animated ocean. then when the vision disappeared everything would be normal again. this still happens with me today, which sucks, but the remembering the sailboats and isolating myself in a dark room helps remove all visuals that could possibly be distorted.

then of course Visual Snow Syndrome- i never had any idea what this was, the first time i saw it i was 3 or so maybe? i was, again, about to go to sleep when i saw colorful static making up the entire world around me. that night i was convinced they were an infestation of bugs? but no one else could see them? eventually i just randomly assumed it was this weird ability where i was sensitive to and could see molecules and atoms? but no apparently its a weird fuzzy neurological deviation. the thing about it tho is that wikipedia says the world tends to appear blurry when the static is visible, but my vision stays completely clear if not clearer, i just feel more aware of the visual static thats constantly in the background (its a lot easier to see in the dark or on a plain flat space that lacks luster and texture).

anyways, i've no idea if its common for folks with AIWS to also have Visual Snow Syndrome as well?just thought i'd share my experience with them in case someone else out there is feels they relate and is confused about it.

oh, and here's the reddit post i found that talked about AIWS - they articulate it so perfectly, i was amazed to see someone explain these symptoms that i've had yet had no understanding of what the heck it was:

[connectedmindssocial]

When reality feels unreal—Alice in Wonderland Syndrome alters perception in ways most can’t imagine. Raising awareness can make a difference. 

[gildedbearediting]

Alice in Wonderland Day

It’s July 4, which for some may be a day of independence. Yet for bookish people, July 4 is Alice in Wonderland Day. It’s said that Alice’s Day is celebrated on this day because it’s when the story was first told by Lewis Carroll. The Man Behind the Curtain Carroll was a mathematician and photographer in addition to being a novelist. However, Lewis Carroll was a pseudonym for the man behind the…

[brightletsky]

I'm pretty sure I experience episodes of Alice in Wonderland syndrome which is odd to say publicly since I don't have any sort of diagnosis but like. The things I see and feel cannot be explained by anything else. Sometimes my body feels too tall and other times it feels too short, sometimes my hands feel too big and other times they feel too small. I see the clouds in the sky moving further away and getting smaller and I've experienced zoopsia before (hallucinating a swarm of animals, moths in my case). Time distortion and auditory distortion, et cetera, I could go on. Everything points to this and it's so odd to like. Say it.

[paranormal-taters]

The first day of Phoenix Week has passed with great success.

I have posted the next chapter of And I Would Stay A While Longer!

[loser-pet]

having a really weird AIWS moment right now and I thought I’d just document it. my hands feel ABSOLUTELY massive—like, the size of grizzly bear paws—and if I stare at them for too long it looks like they’re getting bigger too. my tongue feels way too big for my mouth. also feel 50 pounds heavier and I have no concept of time. also also I’m getting a weird dragon shift with wings and horns that’s kinda species euphoria because I feel like a massive creature, but it’s also super annoying typing because my hands feel big and clunky and I keep making typing mistakes. hopefully it goes away soon, but it’s not horrible

[chris-wonder]

Hi there! Could you send me the drive link please? 😀 (I don't know if you can dm me, I couldn't dm you, hence the ask)

Here you go! And feel free to share it around too! The book is a little long but it is really well written and has several different case studies he has personally worked with

[babydollbun]

sometimes as i try to sleep it feels like someone copy and pasted me into photoshop and selected me to spin me around my centermost point. and also blur and expand my hands.

pls stop whoevers doin it

[uraynuke]

why are heads so small?! Human heads are WAY too small! I only ever notice this when Alice In Wonderland Syndrome™ knocks on my door! it's like a pogo stick with a little knob on top