Surroundings becoming weird and fast/intense/loud

[123que]

I first experienced this weird sensation when i was a child and had a bad fever/illness in bed. Suddenly my entire surroundings in my bedroom became very intense and everything around me became fast and almost louder in my mind, although they weren't in reality.

Ever since then i sometimes (about once every few months) experience this odd sensation and it can become a bit worrying and strange.

The whole room seems to have a new feeling to it- everything im doing whether it be walking or typing seems to intensify and become louder yet the actions are very exaggerated and almost speed up (only perceived this way). I find it very difficult to explain fully but i'm worried it's some early signs of a neurological condition or something?

It usually only onsets when i'm alone and have a lot of silence for a while...?

Does you know what this could be, please?

[LizXX1616]

I'm 17, and when I was younger I would have these occasions where I would be sitting alone and suddenly everything I touched felt felt textured. Almost like the texture your fingertips have after being in water for a long time. And if I was holding anything it felt really heavy even though it wasn't. And of course the fast surroundings and enhanced noise and thinking. It would last a typically about a minute or three.

Now that I'm older, the strange feeling in my fingers hasn't presented itself again. But I still have times when I'm alone and everything is silent and suddenly, boom, sped up surroundings, enhanced noise, and loud thinking. Like, "I'M GOING TO PUT MY PENCIL DOWN NOW AND STAND UP!"

Just a few minutes ago I was lying in bed and on my phone when suddenly it felt like my vision was zooming out even though there was no change to anything was looking at. And my phone felt really heavy and my hands felt larger too. This has happened several times but not in a long time.

[negreb]

I have been following this question for years.  

The thing that allowed me to find it in the first place was the heading "Surroundings becoming weird and fast/intense/loud".

These are not symptoms of TLE or AIWS.  It is something different.

Come on neurologists of the world!  Surely there is a neurologist out there looking for a Doctoral thesis topic that could discover what this actually is.

[benji579]

I've had these episodes also for a long time; ever since  i was a child. I have done some personal research  into this ,and thanks to that and personal experiences with various "episodes", Im quite confident in my findings: these are some types of seizures. Look up Simple Partial seizures.

yes, as others have mentioned here, i also had these during fevers typically, as a child, which leads me to believe that in such contexts, these are Febrile Seizures. However, as people - including me -  clearly have these even when not under any fevers, even still in their 30s, it would be quite logical to think that they exist also as non-febrile seizures.

The good question is, "Are these epileptic or not?"

Either way, I would advise readers that are experiencing these frequently and find them becoming bothersome, to go to their dr and express strong suspicion that this is neurological and therefore insist to have an MRI and EEG scan done at a neurologist. And obviously, kindly share with us here what transpired : )

As always, all the best, and God bless.
Benjamin

[avgchlo]

So I’m not sure if I experience the same thing because to me it’s almost an eerie feeling to everything. Like things either sound much faster or much slower than they should sound and every word is enunciated almost. Maybe even a dreamlike feeling? Especially if I turn on music or tv while it’s happening to get it to go away, everyone’s voice sounds slightly different in the way they’re talking, either abrasively loud or weirdly soft and quiet and again, enunciated almost. Been happening since I was little and still will every now and then (i’m 19 now), but it’s hard to explain unless i’m in the moment. Thing is, once I’m in the moment and do try to explain it, it usually goes away. I think it really bugged me when I was a kid but now it really fascinates me. Huh. Let me know if this is how y’all experience it too!!

[avgchlo]

Now that I reeeeaaaally think about it, I’ll also hear random words in the abrasive tone if it’s completely quiet, but I think It’s my thoughts i’m bearing that way and not just random voices like others have said.

[avgchlo]

Now that I reeeeaaaally think about it, I’ll also hear random words in the abrasive tone if it’s completely quiet, but I think It’s my thoughts i’m bearing that way and not just random voices like others have said.

[karimalahmed]

this happened  my 8 year old son when he had a fever and then he was getting bumps in his mouth and everything!

[oozewithease]

Hi I'm 15 years old yeah this has been happening to me for at least last 2-3 years, and when this thing happens to me everything gets intense in my head not hearing other voices but my own and its not telling me stuff, its just when i think like if I say 'what's going' on or 'hello' in my head it feels/sounds very loud and fast and I start to feel uncomfortable lets say this happens when I read a book every word I read will feel and sound fast in my head but I'm not trying to read faster if I try to talk slower in my head it slows down but still feels very intense, I went to a doctor about this and they said it sounds anxiety related but they're not sure what it could be, but does feel nice knowing others are feeling the same thing.

[Dotho]

Hey kid, I have it too. It would happen to me when I was little and I was sick. It sounds like even a soft little noise is like angry or aggressive right? Like even if you were to think "I love you", it would be loud like angry yelling, and even a little fast with an echo. I'm glad I found this because I always thought I was the only one that expirenced it. I could never explain it to anyone and even Google searches over the years haven't explained it until now. It happens to me every so often even now at 30 years old. Usually when it's real quiet and I'm lacking sleep.

[avgchlo]

Yes!! Same here. Almost always happens when it’s very quiet and I haven’t heard something in a while. So weird we all have this with no explanation!!