#AIWS

[orbmanson7]

Don't know what to do, so have some more sketchbook pages

Mostly a bunch of marker practice, and the last two are from that (prior) nanowrimo idea I've returned to a little bit

[elliott-the-creature]

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

[disease]

Alice in Wonderland syndrome

Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS), also known as Todd's syndrome or dysmetropsia, is a neuropsychological condition that causes a distortion of perception. People may experience distortions in visual perception of objects, such as appearing smaller (micropsia) or larger (macropsia), or appearing to be closer (pelopsia) or farther (teleopsia) than they are. Distortion may also occur for senses other than vision.

The cause of Alice in Wonderland syndrome is currently unknown, but it has often been associated with migraines, head trauma, or viral encephalitis caused by Epstein–Barr virus infection. It is also theorized that it can be caused by abnormal amounts of electrical activity, resulting in abnormal blood flow in those parts of the brain which process visual perception and texture.

Although there are cases of Alice in Wonderland syndrome in both adolescents and adults, it is most commonly seen in children. [wikipedia]

[neuroticboyfriend]

sometimes i forget that i get alice in wonderland syndrome symptoms until they happen again and im like oh great. very cool on everything i look at to perpetually warp and distort. objects will infinitely get bigger and smaller at the same time. walls will close in but never stop.

everything is generally just wonked out. it's like the optical illusion where it looks like an image is moving except its not. but instead of being an image its the entire world around you. very unsettling experience, and totally mindbreaking when actively psychotic. 10/10 would not recommend.

[the-100-percent]

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

-👠

[paranorahjones]

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!

[chris-wonder]

Shout out to the bitches with weird under researched neurological disorders. We are the badest bitches out here

[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:

[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?

[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…

[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

[orbmanson7]

Some more sketchbook pages...

This one is a whole mess of stuff... Some OCs, some stuff for therapy in trying to explain aiws, some doodles from VoiceOfNurse's Rude Awakening (one of the best of many from the fic series What's A Little B&E Between Friends?), and then a little page where I tried to practice more with markers by doodling quite a few things, haha

[elliott-the-creature]

Yeah I got that AAAAA

A-ceflux

A-utism

A-nxiety

A-lice in Wonderland Syndrome

A-lterhuman

[lgorstheme]

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.

[paranorahjones]

16 for both AIWS and Dog of war, plus 20 for Dog war. >:D

Thank you for making me work XD

16: "Write the next five sentences and share."

First up is And I Would Stay A While Longer

Lockwood couldn’t speak for a moment as he saw the revelation dawn on Lucy’s face, so surprised by joy. His arms ached. Oh, to leap up from where his feet were rooted on the bank and take her into his arms and whirl her around like leaves in autumn. He gave a tearful laugh at the thought of how Lucy would probably react to being whirled around. The look of pure, living joy on her face told him that in another life, she might have just let him.

Next up, the next five sentences of Dog of War (I think I went a little over five XD)

Destry wasted no time. She had until nightfall to make her preparations before she would set off after the convoy under the cover of darkness. Knowing she needed to give Dusk as much rest as possible, she managed to catch the little Tennessee Walker gelding that belonged to Marcel and swiftly rode into town in search of food, ammunition, and information. It wasn’t long until she had acquired enough of all three to return to the shack and store her supplies in Dusk’s saddlebags. With the eerie melodies of night birds in her ears, Destry clucked softly to the waiting stallion beneath her. And the hunt began.

20: "Share three images that would fit to a moodboard for this fic."

First up is a screenshot of Destry herself!

[chris-wonder]

Looks like today is an AIWS episode day. Two episode and counting. I've been awake for like 2 and a half hours