ALICE IN WONDERLAND SYNDROME
from “strange afflictions”
"Also called micropsia, this condition distorts visual perception so that objects that are close appear disproportionately tiny, as though viewed through the wrong end of a telescope. It owes its name to Lewis Carroll's fictional protagonist, Alice, who perceived things as too small or too big after taking magical medicines. Usually temporary in nature, the syndrome is associated with migraines. Carroll suffered migraines, so perhaps he was describing his own experiences.”
I use to get this when I was younger…. I suffer then and now from migraines. Less now, thank goodness. But I remember seeing my toys far away from me, but I knew that I could reach out and touch them. Weirdest thing. And I tasted metal, on my lips and tip of my tongue. … Oh, then there was the unbearable pain and blindness, barfing, moaning etc.
never knew that about you
ReplyDeleteOh yea ... horrible, had some in the army. Didn’t I tell you about that one NCO that woke me up from a massive migraine up on an OP at camp Roberts? He wanted me to help him get chow. I told him, ok. But I have a really bad headache. Going along the road and all of a sudden her veers the hummv off the road doing huge cookies and figure S's ... I said, what the F**K.. Headache REMEMBER?
ReplyDeleteHe says he was running down a spider. WHAT? You are chasing a spider with hummv? ... Granted those Camp Roberts 'tarantulas' were big, but it's a bit over kill to run over them with, what a 4 ton tuck? Sheesh ... oh, I was mad and in a LOT of pain.