Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

By The Bandersnatch November 21, 2025

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Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) also known as Todd's Syndrome or Dysmetropsia is a neurological disorder that distorts perception. People with this syndrome may experience distortions in their senses but most likely in their visual perception of objects that would either appear larger (Macropsia), Smaller (Micropsia), Further away (Teleopsia) or being closer (Pelopsia), to themselves.

The cause of AiWS is not universally known due in part to the 60 associated symptoms –the most common associated with the senses of Touch, Sensation, Vision, Hearing and perception of self/body image– However, in medical literature some authors distinguish AiWS based solely on the symptoms related to alterations in a persons self/body image. The term “Alice in Wonderland Syndrome” is utilised by the same authors to encompass the symptoms associated with the changes to vision and time perception, and some other external perceptions.

The cause of AiWS is not currently known, but its often associated with migraines, head trauma or viral encephalitis caused by Epstein-Barr Virus infection. There's also a theory that AiWS can be caused by abnormal amounts of electrical activity in the brain that would be caused by abnormal blood flow in the parts of the brain that processes visual perception and texture.

Some of the common symptoms include Migraines, Nausea, Dizziness and agitation. Other symptoms that are less frequent are loss of limb control, loss of co-ordination touch and sound sensations as well as emotional instability. Distortion of sensory perception is also associated with AiWS as well. Whilst adults can experience AiWS, Children are more commonly effected, with each AiWS episode vary in length from person to person, pretty much from ten minutes to an hour. AiWS episodes can also very in experiences as well.

AiWS can also be experienced though temporarily under the use of certain psychoactive drugs.

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THE WEBSITE BIBLIOGRAPHY:

AIWS Wiki Page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_syndrome

Cleveland Clinic website:

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24491-alice-in-wonderland-syndrome-aiws

2023 BBC Article:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230313-the-mystery-of-alice-in-wonderland-syndrome

National Library of Medicine:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4302569/