Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (Visual Migraines)

in the famous nineteenth-century novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice's size changed constantly the world around her is sometimes too small and other times too enormous there's a neuropsychiatric disorder called Alice in Wonderland syndrome which can give rise to similar experiences let's find out more today on tiny medicine eyes ears nose tongue and skin are our five main sensory organs they send information to the brain and the brain ultimately creates experiences based on that information the brain's ability to create experiences from sensory information is called perception if the neurons of the brain are malfunctioning these perceptions can be distorted and give rise to wild experiences first let's talk about the distortion of visual perception if the objects in the world around you appear smaller it's called micropsia in macro Xia the objects appear to be larger tele up Xia is when the objects appear to be further away than they are in micro or macro semantics nausea the patient's body size is felt as small or large similarly distortions can occur with the perception of any sensory modality sometimes the voices of people around you could be heard as very loud and close or faint and far a sense of time can also be distorted in these patients time seems to pass too slowly for these patients please don't confuse these experiences with hallucinations hallucinating patient experiences things that aren't there but these patients experience only the things that exists but their brain misinterprets them this misinterpretation of sensory information is called an illusion rather than a hallucination the Communists caused of Alice in Wonderland syndrome is migraines Lewis Carroll the author of the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland had also suffered from migraines in classical migraine headache is preceded by sensory disturbances called an aura usually they see minor visual disturbances like flashes of light or zigzag lines but in rare cases an aura can present as illusions and give rise to Alice in Wonderland syndrome head trauma epilepsy epstein-barr virus infections and brain tumors can also cause this rare syndrome around 65% of the cases are reported in children most of them grow out of this condition as they grow older but one-third of them continue to have symptoms often associated with migraines the diagnosis is entirely clinical the treatment for this syndrome is the management of the underlying cause thanks for watching it I make animations about interesting medical cases and I need your feedback to improve them please let me know what you think in the comment section subscribe and press the bell icon for more animations

Channel: Tiny Medicine

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Keywords: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, Micropsia, Macropsia, Telopsia, macrosomatognosia, microsomatognosia, todd's syndrome, visual migraines, interesting facts about alice in wonderland syndrome, lilliputian hallucinations, visual illusions, perception

Id: m9tOROd7qn8

Length: 2min 46sec (166 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 21 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/jynxynator]

I came across this disorder while accumulating sources for my research on depersonalization/derealization. What do you believe the relationship between the two is? Those with DP/DR describe the same visual distortions (pelopsia/telopsia, micropsia/macropsia).

[u/barkooka1]

Well made video! Really nice animations, and a good summary of what it’s like. Used to have it, so AMA if anyone is interested.

[u/strychnine28]

Interesting and informative! Well done!

[u/lotuslady79]

Cool! I’ve never heard of it! Keep the vids coming!

[u/troglodyte_terrorist]

Nice work!! Thanks for sharing!! I’ve personally always found costard delusions and folie a deux fascinating iating.... if you ever feel up to some new content 😉

[u/nurse_with_penis]

Great video what program do you use?

[u/sillystringmassacre]

Awesome. I’m so glad there’s a name for this. I guarantee your video will help people!

[u/KariDeux]

This is fascinating. A children's story featuring a syndrome most often found in children. It's as if Lewis Carroll knew.

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