Definition of Alice in Wonderland syndrome

Alice in Wonderland syndrome: A syndrome of distorted space, time and body image. The patient with the Alice in Wonderland syndrome has a feeling that their entire body or parts of it have been altered in shape and size. The syndrome is usually associated with visual hallucinations. The majority of patients with the syndrome have a family history of migraine headache or have overt migraine themselves.
The syndrome was first described in 1955 by the English psychiatrist John Todd (1914-1987). Todd named it, of course, for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Perhaps not coincidentally, Lewis Carroll suffered from severe migraine. Also known as a Lilliputian hallucination.
source : http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24174

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS or AWS) describes a set of symptoms, the most famous of which are:

• Alteration of body image: the sizes of parts of the body are perceived incorrectly.
  
• Alteration of visual perception: the sizes of external objects are perceived incorrectly.

Most reports are about children experiencing AIWS symptoms, though many people experience it in later life. Many people say they had AIWS symptoms as a child, but 'grew out' of them around their teens.
The most common time to experience AIWS symptoms is at night.
The most prominent and often most disturbing symptom is that of altered body image: the sufferer will find that they are confused as to the size and shape of parts of (or all of) their body. The parts usually mentioned are the head and hands; growth seems more usual than shrinkage. This phenomenon seems to have the medical term 'metamorphosis'.
The second major symptom is the distortion of visual perception. The eyes themselves are normal, but the sufferer 'sees' objects with the wrong size or shape and/or finds that perspective is incorrect. This can mean that people, cars, buildings, etc. look smaller or larger than they should be, or that distances look incorrect; for example a corridor may appear to be very long, or the ground may appear too close.
Other symptoms which have been referred to as part of AIWS include:

• Distorted time perception; time moving quickly or slowly.
• Distorted touch perception, e.g. a feeling that the ground is 'spongy' under the feet or that the sensation received from touching something is simply incorrect or unrecognised.
• Distorted sound perception.

source : http://www.aiws.info/




so maybe i don't have it~ i hope not.

Alice in WonderLand

Don't know whether this is truth or made up:
watch a movie which says that there's this syndrome called the Alice Syndrome.
It's where one tends to mix reality with fables.
If it exists, then I'm pretty much sure for about 99% (need the other 1% from doctor) that I have this syndrome.
I think my life is pretty much a fable. No, truth is that I know it's not. But I keep getting this image~ It's as if I don't live in reality although I know I live in one. How do you describe it. It's like everyday, I wake up to go to school, I was awaken by my alarm clock. I know I set it. But every morning, when i open my eyes, there's a butler greets me "good morning, young miss" and he'll ask what i want to eat~
Though I make my own breakfast, when I ate them, I could here maids whispering, observing my expression to know whether the food is good or bad. Then when I went out on my bicycle, I know I saw my tutor riding a horse right next to me, telling me to handle my horse properly. That I must take care of the horse, don't be too harsh on it. And careful not to fall from it. And all the sudden I am riding a horse in this vast green land. While I'm doing homework, my eyes would see pile and piles of document to sign, to read, to comment on... The literature art of papers, i could see them all in my maths book. Although I'm listening to rock music,.. i could hear faint sound of ballad and jazz.
Sometimes the 3 pot flowers at my house appears like a garden of daisies, roses, and well a garden. A proper super big garden that you can only attend if you have enough gardeners. And yes, I don't have a gardener. Yet I could hear few gardeners greets me when i water the plants. They'll be saying things like "Taking a walk, young miss?", "The flowers are blooming well...." or "You look great, young miss".

There's more to it. Even as I'm typing this, I'm at a home office working on a new project for business. And when I look up to take a breath, my office is at the shore where I can smell the scent of waves, see the seagulls flying low towards the sea.

So what is this? Hallucination? Maybe I need a doctor. Maybe not. After all, it affects my life only like this. But what if there's more to it?

I'm at lost.

Me ?? wow~ who could have thought that it's true

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Twilight Fanfiction

Valentines Day

by lalliette

Valentines Day

Tears filled her eyes as she saw the truth. His eyes were cold and black. He turned his back on her. He took no last glance. She stood all alone in the forest.

My inside all turn to ash so slow

And blew away as I collapsed so cold

A black wind took them away from sight

And held the darkness over day that night

He moved through the trees to fast for her weak eyes to steal a final glance. She turned in circles calling his name over and over. “Edward, Edward” she cried.

And clouds above move closer

Looking so dissatisfied

But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing

He heard her cries but didn’t turn around. She stumbled after him. Her hands reached out to the empty air where he once stood.

I used to be my own protection but not now

’Cause my path has lost direction somehow

A black wind took you away from sight

And held darkness over day that night

She tripped and fell. She called his name over and over. The wind blew her hair and he could still smell her sweet scent.

And the clouds about move closer

Looking so dissatisfied

And the ground below grew colder

As they put you down inside

But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing

She fell her final fall. She wrapped her arms around her legs. The rain washed her tear stained face. Her eyes closed and her mouth whispered his name over and over. “Edward, Edward”.

So now you’re gone

And I was wrong

I never knew what it was like

To be alone

The rains drown her sobs. She would never see him again. His heart was not hers anymore. She called his name again and again. He was gone.

On a valentines day

On a valentines day

On a valentines day

On a valentines day

On a valentines day

It became dark. Charlie would worry about her, but she didn’t want to see him. She called for Edward over again; she wanted to see him, to feel him. But he didn’t hear her. He was not there anymore.

I used to be my own protection

On a valentines day

On a valentines day

But not now

On a valentines day

’Cause my mind has lost direction

On a valentines day

Somehow

On a valentines day

She repeated his words again and again, “I don’t love you, Bella. I don’t love you, Bella.” She lay there hoping that he would return. She closed her eyes hoping the pain would leave. She knew that her life was over.

I used to be my own protection

On a valentines day

On a valentines day

But not now

On a valentines day

’Cause my mind has lost direction

On a valentines day

Somehow

On a valentines day

“Bella, Bella.” She heard someone call her. She didn’t respond because it wasn’t him. “Bella, Bella.” They were far away. Everything was far away.

On a valentines day

“Edward, Edward.” she whispered knowing he was gone. Someone was next to her, picking her up. She knew it but she couldn’t feel it. She was numb. Only her lips moved repeating his name over and over. “Edward, Edward.”
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i read this at fanfiction.net and i seriously love it ^^