<story><title>Perceptual distortions in late-teens predict psychotic symptoms in mid-life</title><url>https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/3179/early-signs-perceptual-distortions-in-late-teens-predict-psychotic-symptoms-in-mid-life</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ImuMotive</author><text>I get a world tilting thing maybe once a year. Usually while falling asleep. I also sometimes get this weird perceptual thing where objects look huge, again, normally while in a dark room. I&amp;#x27;ve also had odd sensations that accompany these perceptual changes.&lt;p&gt;All of these occur very rarely. Like I said, maybe twice a year, but closer to once per year. I can&amp;#x27;t find it now, but I had learned about seizure activity and how you can experience one without really knowing it, things just might get wonky like your perception, feelings, smells, etc.</text></item><item><author>01100011</author><text>This is a bit disturbing to read as someone who had perceptual distortions in my late teens.  I always attributed it to HPPD after using LSD around 15 years old.  Now I&amp;#x27;m not so sure.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>meowface</author><text>&amp;gt;I get a world tilting thing maybe once a year. Usually while falling asleep.&lt;p&gt;I think this is very common and occasionally experienced by most people, including myself. Typically when you&amp;#x27;re on the border between being awake and falling asleep.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;I also sometimes get this weird perceptual thing where objects look huge, again, normally while in a dark room.&lt;p&gt;Haven&amp;#x27;t experienced this one, but perceptual distortions in a dark environment shouldn&amp;#x27;t be a concern, I think. I definitely get thrown off sometimes. It&amp;#x27;s natural, since your brain is constantly trying to predict what should be there, and ambiguous signals due to limited light can throw a wrench into that, especially if you&amp;#x27;re not habituated to the light conditions.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;I&amp;#x27;ve also had odd sensations that accompany these perceptual changes.&lt;p&gt;Could there be a nocebo effect? After learning about seizure auras, it&amp;#x27;s possible that when these things happen, you might enter a brief positive feedback loop where aura-like things could psychogenically manifest. Was this also the case before you learned about such things?</text></comment>
<story><title>Perceptual distortions in late-teens predict psychotic symptoms in mid-life</title><url>https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/3179/early-signs-perceptual-distortions-in-late-teens-predict-psychotic-symptoms-in-mid-life</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ImuMotive</author><text>I get a world tilting thing maybe once a year. Usually while falling asleep. I also sometimes get this weird perceptual thing where objects look huge, again, normally while in a dark room. I&amp;#x27;ve also had odd sensations that accompany these perceptual changes.&lt;p&gt;All of these occur very rarely. Like I said, maybe twice a year, but closer to once per year. I can&amp;#x27;t find it now, but I had learned about seizure activity and how you can experience one without really knowing it, things just might get wonky like your perception, feelings, smells, etc.</text></item><item><author>01100011</author><text>This is a bit disturbing to read as someone who had perceptual distortions in my late teens.  I always attributed it to HPPD after using LSD around 15 years old.  Now I&amp;#x27;m not so sure.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>SavantIdiot</author><text>Sounds like vertigo maybe? Does it feel like someone tilted the floor and there&amp;#x27;s no &amp;quot;up&amp;quot;? Followed by sweating and vomiting and 48 hours of headaches? (Source: I get it a few times a year.)</text></comment>