5 psychological curiosities of Alice in Wonderland

At Lifestyle we have spoken to you on numerous occasions about this fantastic work by Lewis Carroll .Actually, we could say that the years will go on and we will continue discovering new things, science, anthropology and psychology They will continue to relate certain behaviors to one of their characters.

And now tell us... Who is your favorite character? Chesire's cat maybe? Let's see today in our space 5 psychological curiosities about this magnificent literary legacy that never ceases to amaze us.

5 psychological curiosities of Alice in the Country of the Wonders

You have to run faster!

Who said this? The queen of hearts maybe? No, was the Red Queen, an excellent character we met in Alice through the mirror .This idea is actually extremely interesting and forces us in turn to reflect not only on modern societies, but also on nature itself.

5 psychological curiosities of Alice in Wonderland

In our day to day, we all run, we all walk fast to reach our goals.But be careful: Only those who run faster reach what they want. If you limit yourself to move forward like the rest, you just stay in the same position as the rest.You don't stand out.

Be careful… You're falling!

Alicia's fall through the burrow leads us once again to that intimate relationship with the dream and the world of the subconscious that Lewis Carroll so skillfully executed in his work.

How many times have you sounded that you fell into the void? And even more, the fall itself and that impression is what makes us wake up startled, we emerge, so to say it, to consciousness almost at once.While Alice makes a trip in reverse: she plunges into the subconscious.

The boring routines

What is being adult but to be eternally attached to the routines , to those cycles that do not vary and everything predictable? This is what Alicia finds almost at the beginning, with the Hatter and her hobby for tea time…

5 psychological curiosities of Alice in Wonderland

However, most of Alice's adventures break all these schemes, she enters into unforeseen, in the frenzy of a crazy ride where everything is unpredictable.You know very well that when you wake up, when you leave there, you will immerse yourself again in that dimension where the rules, the routines and the predictable will catch you again.

The paranoia of haste

Nothing seems to have changed since that time when Lewis Carroll began writing Alice in Wonderland.People live pending our watches, of haste, of those accelerated days where I try to get to all places on time... Like the White Rabbit.

Now I am big, now I am small

No, This curious sensation is not only experienced by Alice.Actually, in real life this sensation that some parts of our body appear larger or smaller, receives the name "Micropsy" .Some children usually suffer in their first years of childhood , but after years, and when your brain has matured, it disappears almost by magic.

5 psychological curiosities of Alice in Wonderland

It is also common in people who suffer from annoying migraines .Patients see, suddenly, how their world has been distorted: they see their very large hands, or rooms, objects, or even deform distances.

Intolerance

Y Now tell us...who is the most cruel and despotic character in Alice's book in Wonderland? Indeed, she, the queen of hearts. Actually, her profile describes very well those intolerant, cruel and despotic personalities that, on a smaller scale, we can sometimes see in our daily lives.

Do you have a boss or a teacher who looks like him? Anyone equally narcissistic? Then protect your neck well.

And remember, if you liked this article do not miss knowing more about the unique world of Lewis Carroll.

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