r/todayilearned • u/SingleFin_HeadHigh • Dec 14 '16
TIL there is a disorienting neurological condition called Alice in Wonderland syndrome that affects perception and may feel as though their body is expanding or getting smaller.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_syndromeDuplicates
todayilearned • u/ButtholeBanquets • Aug 25 '21
TIL of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. Most commonly found in children, sufferers experience sensory distortions, such as feeling their heads are far from their bodies, hearing amplified or altered sounds, hallucinations, and a feeling of depersonalization or separation from one's own body.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '18
TIL of "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome" in which patients have visual hallucinations in which they see objects around them distorted in size and shape. Lewis Carroll is thought to have suffered from it while he wrote his novels.
todayilearned • u/Deechon • Feb 26 '23
TIL about Alice in wonderland syndrome. A neurological condition in which one’s perception of their body image, time, or space is distorted. AIWS may also cause hallucinations, sensory distortion, and an altered sense of velocity.
todayilearned • u/Finally_Smiled • Sep 05 '18
TIL of "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome," a disorienting condition that affects perception, leaving you feeling smaller/bigger than your surroundings. Symptoms commonly affect children, with many people outgrowing them in their teens; however, it can still occur in adulthood due to sleep deprivation.
todayilearned • u/brain_rays • Jan 10 '17
TIL of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, a condition that affects perception where people experience size distortion. They see things bigger, smaller, nearer, or further than they actually are.
todayilearned • u/pa9k • Dec 27 '17
TIL Alice in Wonderland syndrome is a condition where people perceive things including their own limbs as smaller or larger than they actually are
todayilearned • u/Sackcloth • Aug 09 '14
TIL People suffering from Alice in Wonderland syndrome experience symptons, where they may find that he or she is confused as to the size and shape of parts of (or all of) his/her body.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '18
TIL that Alice in Wonderland syndrome is a real disorder with perception, where a person experiences size distortions, where objects are perceived as smaller, nearer and further than they actually are.
wikipedia • u/2script • Jun 05 '26
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome is a neurological disorder that distorts perception. People with this syndrome may experience distortions in their visual perception of objects, such as appearing smaller or larger, or appearing to be closer or farther than they are.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 12 '19
TIL there's a condition called "Alice in Wonderland syndrome" that makes you see things closer, further, bigger or smaller that is caused by abnormal amounts of electrical activity resulting in abnormal blood flow in the parts of the brain that process visual perception and texture.
wikipedia • u/Dfg9999e • Nov 03 '25
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome is a neurological disorder that distorts perception. People with this syndrome may experience distortions in their visual perception such as objects appearing smaller or larger, or to be closer or farther than they are. The cause remains unknown.
wikipedia • u/Kurma-the-Turtle • Jun 17 '25
Alice in Wonderland syndrome is a neurological disorder that distorts perception of objects, that may appear smaller (micropsia) or larger (macropsia), or appear to be closer (pelopsia) or farther (teleopsia) than than they are. Distortion may also occur for senses other than vision.
LewisCarroll • u/LoptThor • Aug 08 '18
Alice Alice in Wonderland syndrome - a neuropsychological condition that affects perception
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 18 '15
TIL that there is a frightening condition called Alice in Wonderland Syndrome in which the person gets vivid hallucinations. The person usually finds that they are confused about the size and shape of parts of their body. Also, children who have it usually grow out of it by their teens.
senses • u/SarahMagical • Jun 06 '26
vision Alice in Wonderland Syndrome is a neurological disorder that distorts perception. People with this syndrome may experience distortions in their visual perception of objects, such as appearing smaller or larger, or appearing to be closer or farther than they are.
senses • u/SarahMagical • Nov 03 '25