When Your Brain Glitches: Living with Alice in Wonderland Syndrome :

Our brain helps us see the world clearly most of the time, yet occasionally it makes mistakes and produces odd illusions. People who have Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) perceive and feel things differently than they actually do. For example, they may perceive time as moving too quickly or too slowly, objects as suddenly small or enormous, and rooms
as stretched. This unusual condition functions similarly to Alice’s growth and shrinkage in Lewis Carroll’s stories, which is where the term originates. But it is no fantasy, it actually happens. AIWS demonstrates that our perceptions of reality aren’t always true and is frequently connected to migraines, illnesses, or epilepsy.

Let’s clear our minds about what AIWS is. Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS), also known as Todd’s Syndrome or Dysmetropsia, is an uncommon neurological disorder that alters an individual’s perception of the world. It can influence how one perceives size, shape, distance, and even the flow of time causing objects or body parts to appear excessively large, small, close, or far away. These occurrences typically last from a few seconds to several minutes and may involve visual, auditory, tactile, or temporal distortions, often triggered by stress, exhaustion, fever, or specific medications.