When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand

— lyrics to “comfortably numb”, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters

No Other names

• Todd's syndrome
• Lilliputian hallucinations
• Dysmetropsia
• Micropsia/Macropsia
• Pelopsia/Teleopsia

A survey taken by group members showed that, for the overwhelming majority of them, these episodes last for less than 10 minutes, happen one to five times a year, and first begin in childhood, with most describing the frequency of episodes as decreasing after adolescence. For those who went to their doctor, they received a wide range of diagnoses, ranging from migraine aura and mini temporal lobe epilepsies to Alice in wonderland syndrome (AIWS) and anxiety, but none were definitive

—From The Curious Case of the Fast Feelers: A Reflection on Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

Possibly related conditions or symptoms

• Form constant – Recurringly observed geometric pattern
• aural perceptual changes - urgency/aggressive tones
• deja vu
• synchronicity
• Hypnagogia
• Hypnopompia
• Mono infection
• Fever dreams
• Temporal lobe epilepsy
• Dissociation/derealisation
• Prisoner’s cinema
• Phosphenes
• Migraine aura
• Prodromal
• geometric nightmares
• rough/smooth perceptual distortions

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb

References

• r/fastfeeling at reddit
• The Curious Case of the Fast Feelers: A Reflection on Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
• Alice in wonderland syndrome - Wikipedia
• Prisoner’s Cinema
• Aiws glossary of terms