There's a relatively rare neurological disorder that's commonly named "Alice-in-Wonderland syndrome". Regardless of its funny name, and weird symptoms, it's an actual serious condition.
The brain of a person suffering from this syndrome tends to misinterpret the size of things that the person sees. Things may appear to be much larger or smaller than they really are. It's not really that the person sees them as larger or smaller, but the brain misinterprets them as such, perceives them as such, and it feels extremely real to the person.
A housecat might seem to have the size of a tiger, which can be genuinely scary. The room in which the person is in might seem a lot larger or smaller than it really is (which is where the name of the syndrome comes from), which may cause a great deal of anxiety (as it may elicit strong feelings of claustrophobia). The person might perceive his or her own hands to be much smaller or much larger than they really are, which not only can cause anxiety, but also disorientation and make even simple tasks very difficult.
Sometimes this condition may be caused by a tumor or lesion in a particular region of the brain, or something else that affects that region. Sometimes the cause is never found. In the cases where the reason is found, it can sometimes be cured, eg. by removing the tumor.
Now, how should such a person be medically treated?
Rather obviously, the root cause of the condition should be investigated. Perhaps the condition could be cured if the cause is found and fixed. If the cause is not found, or otherwise the condition cannot be cured, the person suffering from the condition should be offered as much help coping with the problem as is practically possible.
That kind of treatment would make sense.
Do you know what would make absolutely no sense? If the doctors instead would start playing along with the delusions of the patient and reassuring him or her that yes, indeed, what the patient is seeing is the truth, the actual reality of things. Yes, the room really is very small. Yes, her hands really are that big. And yes, if at some point she starts seeing her hands as much smaller, that's indeed the case: Her hands did really change size in actual reality. In fact, it's recommended that surgeries on her body are made to make it so. It is to be considered normal, natural and healthy.
And anybody who says otherwise is a bigot and a right-wing extremist fascist.
That kind of treatment would be absolutely insane, make absolutely no sense, be a horrendous thing to do to a person, and against all principles of medical practice. Instead of helping the person, it would basically be torture.
Yet, that exact thing is being done to an ever-increasing amount of people, and to younger and younger people, in the modern western world, when it comes to another neurological, or just psychological, problem. And sometimes even when there is no problem at all, and the young person is instead coaxed and brainwashed into believing there is.
And if you speak against this barbarity, you will be deemed a monster.
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