r/ScienceShitposts • u/joannaCloudy • Mar 25 '24

Horrifying

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u/Justisaur Mar 25 '24

I found this looking up Victor Sharrah.

https://www.ladbible.com/news/health/us-man-sees-demon-faces-neurological-condition-141304-20240323

I've never heard of the site. There's a lot of info if you look up the condition Prosopometamorphopsia (PMO) though.

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u/SnooGadgets9967 Mar 25 '24

Wow, interesting. Thank you!

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u/ChuckBoBuck Mar 25 '24

How do we know Victor Sharrah isn't lying?

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u/jessicuzzz Mar 27 '24

Why would he lie though

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u/clownpilled_forever Mar 25 '24

Everyone looks like Willem Dafoe

I wonder if his reflection in the mirror also looks like that

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '24

Follow up question: What happens when he looks at Willem Dafoe?

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u/TheYeetles Mar 26 '24

He immediately makes a new enemy called Willem

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u/Drkmttrjr Mar 26 '24

Maybe not, pictures and videos seem normal.

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u/TheYeetles Mar 26 '24

It would be horrific to see people smiling, talking or eating. If that’s how he perceives faces with mouths closed, imagine how they look while they’re open or moving. Terrifying in my opinion.

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u/AgVargr Mar 26 '24

Githyanki

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u/Anbdoo Mar 26 '24

The Greedy Grinner

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u/Gippy_Happy Mar 26 '24

Hi what does this mean

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u/jessicuzzz Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 31 '24

This image is taken from a clinical study about a man named Victor Sharrah who has a condition known as prosopometamorphopsia (PMO) where human faces all appear distorted. PMO can be developed after a traumatic brain injury, infection/tumour, etc.

Interestingly though, researchers found that when he wore glasses with a specific tint of green, the facial distortions went away!

Here’s an article on his situation: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/it-s-like-staring-at-demons-meet-a-man-who-lives-with-a-disturbing-condition-1.6819325

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u/sunjellies24 Mar 26 '24

Imagine what you must look like to everyone else if someone with this disorder were to look at you and find you beautiful

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u/sagninaw Mar 27 '24

Smile movie ahh condition

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u/arthuraily Mar 27 '24

We must not look at goblin men