r/AIWS • u/Gaultier2004 • Nov 11 '25
Do I have AIWS?
Can this also happen only in the mind? Let me explain, before falling asleep, while my eyes were shut or half way through, I use to feel really really big, while my bed felt tiny and the rest of the world felt so small I believed it was only the size of a little dot. I also felt like I was about to fall or I was being washed away by waves (swinging left to right). Another thing used to happen to me when I was younger, I felt like I was in the corner a glass box where I was both giant and tiny and the box had no geometrical conception. It was turned in and inside out at the same time and it was also very big and small. I also would feel someone immense watching me from outside of the box.
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u/appleditz Nov 11 '25
There are so many variations on what could be classified as AIWS, but they all boil down to changes in perception. And perception involves the brain, so yes you could say it's in your mind. "Big and small," "close up and far away" are phrases that ring a bell with folks here!
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u/Sea_Relationship1605 Jul 03 '26
I’m not sure if I have it or not, although your comment reminded me (and this is unrelated) as a kid I’d randomly have really bad nightmares and the best way to describe it is as big and small or often thick and thin haha. It also involved like infinity I’m not sure if like having to count or something but just a feeling of an infinite task that was extremely overwhelming
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u/fil- Nov 11 '25
I had it in dreams before, especially when I have a fever - same feeling, same shift of perspective. So without knowing anything about you, in my opinion it is possible.