Alice in Wonderland syndrome causes distorted perception of body size, object sizes, or time passing, typically from altered activity in your posterior parietal cortex and visual processing areas. This syndrome often occurs during migraines, infections, or epilepsy, when abnormal neural firing disrupts how your brain integrates sensory information about space and body schema. Your parietal cortex maintains a map of your body's position and size relative to the environment, using inputs from vision, proprioception, and vestibular senses. When this integration fails—often from cortical spreading depression during migraines or abnormal electrical activity—you might perceive your hands as huge (macrosomatognosia), objects as tiny, or time as distorted. These aren't hallucinations but processing errors: your neurons are firing in patterns that create impossible perceptual experiences. The distortions can be frightening, triggering anxiety that further dysregulates your nervous system. The 'organism as team' framework helps because your visual and parietal systems are working normally—they're just receiving or generating distorted signals from temporary neurological disruptions. Your sensory integration centers are trying to create a coherent reality from chaotic input. Supporting your team means addressing underlying triggers (migraine management, treating infections), staying calm during episodes to avoid anxiety amplification, grounding techniques to anchor yourself in reality, and reassurance that your brain will return to normal processing. These episodes are temporary neural glitches, not permanent damage. ⚕️ This protocol does not replace professional consultation.