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Alice in Wonderland syndrome

Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) is a disorienting neurological condition which affects human visual perception. Subjects perceive humans, parts of humans, animals, and inanimate objects as substantially smaller than in reality.

Rik Hemsley explains what it’s like to have this syndrome in I have Alice In Wonderland syndrome:

“Everything was now distorted, all the time. Walking down the road, parked cars appeared the size of Corgi models, while I’d feel disproportionately tall. At work, my chair seemed enormous, while I seemed to have shrunk.“

Via Boing Boing