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cb72
cb72
Hey guys, I noticed someone on the board mentioned once they saw distorted faces while manic. And I saw a mention of distorted faces somewhere else, too, can't remember where. Anyway, I had that happen to me once. An old friend came to visit many years ago, and his face was all crooked, and I was sure he had acromegaly, and I even talked to my old mutual friends about it, and it was all a little upsetting, cause he used to be such a handsome guy. I saw him again some years later, and he's as handsome as he ever was! There is no way he was distorted before, it must have just seemed that way to me. Is this a hallucination? Does it happen to any of you folks? When? (manic or not) Thanks.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, once when I was manic I looked in the mirror and thought I was my sister-in-law. We both have brown hair but it ends there.
cb72
cb72
Thanks for the reply. This was the same guy, just his face was distorted, like asymmetric, with angular cheekbones. Weird.
Anyone else?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Makes me think of the episode of Sienfeld when Jerry goes out with a woman who looks hot one minute and the next she makes his skin crawl. Maybe its something with the mood a person is in. When they are happy their face lights up and when they are angry, they appear all wrinkly and mean looking.
cb72
cb72
Nope, I'm talking about real changes in facial features, not even an expression/emotion. Hm... I expected people to pour in with 'me too's, but I guess it's just my whacked mind...
deleted_user
deleted_user
This happened to me once. But it was pictures. I wasn't able to look at pictures they were all distorted. I was going through a manic episode. The people looked evil, like devils and scarey. Not at all what the pictures really look like.
deleted_user
deleted_user
This happened to me once. But it was pictures. I wasn't able to look at pictures they were all distorted. I was going through a manic episode. The people looked evil, like devils and scarey. Not at all what the pictures really look like.
deleted_user
deleted_user
This happened to me once. But it was pictures. I wasn't able to look at pictures they were all distorted. I was going through a manic episode. The people looked evil, like devils and scarey. Not at all what the pictures really look like.
deleted_user
deleted_user
two of mysisters mad bellpalusey ther faces were parlised on one side for a few months then they went back to normail. May be it was somthing like that.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes, you can hallucinate. One time I thought I could see images in the way the light was reflecting off the leaves of a tree. Very manic. It can either be cool or very disturbing.
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