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Like many others, I had the big / small thing, mostly when I was a kid and fell ill. I've had it a couple of times since, very mildly, but only when I'm tired. In my case it was something like a vast slab in an infinite space, and the slab was rough like stone but somehow soft at the same time, and it was also incredibly small. And when it was "in my head" I couldn't visualise anything or think about anything else. If I tried to think of an object or a place, or replay a past event in my head I couldn't, there was just this impossibly huge / small slab and I couldn't stop thinking about it.
There is a neural effect called Alice In Wonderland Syndrome (sorry if it's been mentioned, this is a long thread!) which can be brought about my migraines, epilepsy, extreme tiredness or... other things (I don't have the book to hand). It can cause people's idea of size to go completely awry (not visually, just in the mind) so that things can seem infinitely small or large. It's common in people with migraines or epilepsy, but can also be brought on with extreme tiredness or illness. What we are experiencing is probably this or something similar.
There is a neural effect called Alice In Wonderland Syndrome (sorry if it's been mentioned, this is a long thread!) which can be brought about my migraines, epilepsy, extreme tiredness or... other things (I don't have the book to hand). It can cause people's idea of size to go completely awry (not visually, just in the mind) so that things can seem infinitely small or large. It's common in people with migraines or epilepsy, but can also be brought on with extreme tiredness or illness. What we are experiencing is probably this or something similar.