Self-support protocol
Alice in Wonderland syndrome protocol stabilizing perception teams. Ease distortions through visual processing support.
Mission: Alice in Wonderland syndrome | Image: Divine temple
Ministers, in Alice in Wonderland syndrome the proportions of the temple can feel altered—objects or body parts seem larger or smaller than they are. Episodes may accompany migraines, infections, or fatigue. This protocol aims to ensure safety and reduce fear during these distortions.
Ministers: perception, inner witness, medical evaluation.
Purpose: identify the episodic nature and triggers.
Instructions: Note when distortions occur and any linked migraines, fevers, or sleep deprivation. Seek medical assessment to rule out serious causes.
Ministers: touch, hearing, breath.
Purpose: anchor yourself when sight feels unreliable.
Instructions: During episodes, touch familiar objects, focus on steady sounds, and breathe slowly. Let other senses remind you of true proportions.
Ministers: sleep, quiet, reduced stimuli.
Purpose: allow brain networks to settle.
Instructions: Lie down in a dim room until the episode passes. Avoid sudden tasks requiring precision. Rest is the quickest way to let the halls return to normal size.
Ministers: migraine care, infection management, hydration.
Purpose: reduce episode frequency.
Instructions: Follow migraine plans, treat infections, and maintain hydration and regular sleep. Calm seas lessen strange reflections.
Ministers: family, friends, care team.
Purpose: ensure support during events.
Instructions: Explain the phenomenon to trusted people so they can provide reassurance and safety checks if an episode arises. A steady companion helps when walls feel near or far.
Blessing: Ministers of the temple, shifting halls can be unsettling, yet they are usually temporary. With grounding, rest, and care for underlying conditions, may your sense of space soon feel steady again.
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.