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Re:Perceptual distortions in late-teens predict psychotic sy... by pjerem on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @03:42PM (#27988744)
> I also sometimes get this weird perceptual thing where objects look huge, again, normally while in a dark room.

Does this happen in total black ? I sometimes (really rarely, like once or twice a year) have a strange « feeling » at night while in my bed without any source of light : I can distinctively see the objects around me.

The twist is : I’m heavily myopic and even with my glasses (which I don’t wear at night) I can’t see anything in the darkness. So there is no way I could distinctly see things with their contours in the darkness.

It only happened in places I know, so I can’t know if my brain is making my bedroom up or if I really see something, or if it’s a combination.

Re:Perceptual distortions in late-teens predict psychotic sy... by loves_mangoes on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:47PM (#27990165)
I've had an object appear huge once (right after an LSD trip), so might as well share my anecdote.

For me it was in a dark environment (bedroom), but I was looking at my phone, without glasses, and holding it pretty close to my eyes (I'm also heavily myopic) so that it occupied maybe ~60% of my field of vision.

The "picture" I had in my field of vision never changed, the "pixels" (though I don't think there is such a thing) did not change. But suddenly my phone was this giant monolith just above my head.

Consciously I could clearly tell this was a hallucination, but the dissonance of having this seemingly suddenly huge object held right above my head was really unsettling to me, a bit scary even.

I'm so used to not questioning how my sense of scale pretty much always matches what I see, it never occurred to me my instinct could be fooled by this wide a margin while consciously seeing that everything was normal.

But on the other hand, I can't say I've really ever had an unusually distinctive awareness of objects like you describe.

Re:Perceptual distortions in late-teens predict psychotic sy... by ImuMotive on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @04:01PM (#27989000)
Won't happen in total darkness. Also, it's happened in full daylight. Like all the sudden someones head just looks absolutely massive, like I've lost the ability to perceive size. I find the effect pleasurable so I kinda zone out and let it happen. Otherwise I can snap myself out of it pretty quickly.