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I find many of these photos anxiety-provoking to look at. I can't explain why though. Anyone got any ideas? It's almost like I find them 'odd' but to a really

I find many of these photos anxiety-provoking to look at. I can't explain why though. Anyone got any ideas? It's almost like I find them 'odd' but to a really really extreme degree. This fascinates me. I wonder what provokes that reaction as I know that it's totally irrational.

userbinator 11y ago
In the previous discussion someone mentioned that these images had a similar effect to those that induce trypophobia (fear of holes) and I hypothesised that it's basically because they contain far more edges and more variations of them than we usually see, causing somewhat of a sensory overload by stimulating an unusually large number of neurons. I don't feel anxiety in particular, but it certainly feels like my brain is working much harder when I look at them.