I wanted to know if anyone has ever had this before. I’d say its more of a distortion/illusion than a true hallucination. Sometimes when I see someone from far away, it can appear as if the person’s face is either completely distorted or strange looking, or that they are wearing a mask or something. Upon getting closer to that person, or them getting closer to me however, I’ll then see their face as normal.
I get that only they don’t have to be far away they can be right in front of me too. Their face can float in front of their head like a mask. Or shrink on their head. Or otherwise just warp and look totally ridiculous. It is very silly when it happens and ends up giving me the giggles so I look like a weirdo. Just go with it lol.
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Omg I get this too but I didn’t realise it was a perceptual thing. I thought there was something wrong with my vision. I get it if I’ve been talking to someone for a long time and having to concentrate on their face, their face starts to look bigger than it should, almost like a balloon. And then I can’t look at them anymore. Can be very hard to keep up a conversation when it happens.
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Happens to me too! Without glasses lol. With glasses the distance increases to where I can’t see the face and it’s distorted again.
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Look at this picture up close, then look at it again from far away.
The up close, and the distant, use different parts of the brain for visual processing.
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Whoa that is super weird! I stepped back and it looks like Marilyn Monroe (and Einstein upfront).
I get this too, only it’s not just faces. The other day I saw a guy fixing his bike, but really it was a large oval sign when I got closer (not even a lot closer, like 20 ft)
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Who would have ever thought that Marilyn Monroe and Einstein were one in the same. LOL
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