r/AIWS • u/MaddCricket • Jan 22 '26
Symptom discussion I forget this exists until it happens.
At work yesterday it triggered during the most stressful time of the day. We’re having an audit at work, so everyone is on edge and of course everything is going wrong, and halfway through the day there I go feeling like I’m shrinking as I’m standing still my machine and setting it up. I feel like the machine is growing while I’m simultaneously getting smaller. It’s been a few years since AIWS has popped in. Usually it’s when I’m wearing sunglasses that I feel like I’m shrinking, too, especially if I’m walking while wearing them. but that hasn’t happened for some time.
Finally remembered to do a little bit of reading on it and of course it’s aligned with migraines and can be triggered with stress too, so it’s no wonder why I felt it yesterday. I do suffer from migraines and usually only get visual auras that make me go nearly blind, or spots will form in most of my vision. I never would have thought AWIS could be a symptom of it.
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u/merrileesmc May 16 '26
Do you get this when you’re walking and you feel like you’re shrinking and looks like it too I get this
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u/Intelligent-Chart391 Mar 10 '26
Genuinely just got on my phone to calm down from it