The “Make Me Suffer” Community Posts Unsettling Pics No One Wants To See, Yet They Can’t Stop Looking (30 New Pics)
Whether it’s fear, disgust, or shock, some things captivate our attention despite eliciting negative emotions. Take something disgusting, for instance. Food covered in mold, human guts spilling out in a horror movie, whatever you find to be your personal hell. One would assume it’s natural to try to avoid or at least look away from it, don’t you think?
Well, not necessarily. There’s a scientific explanation of why we are often engrossed in something gross. Moreover, we might even find looking at it somewhat enjoyable. That is likely one of the reasons the subreddit ‘Make Me Suffer’ was created.
With a description reading “If it hurts to look at, post it”, it’s home to pictures of some of the most horrendous things, from unfortunate medical conditions to way too many spiders. Scroll down if you want to test how enjoyable viewing such images actually is. Some can get pretty disgusting, though. Don’t say we haven’t warned you.
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Unclogged My Sisters Shower Drain
The Conversation revealed that the reason we are often enthralled with something repulsive lies in the early stages of human evolution. It is believed that disgust originally mostly concerned food and helped people evaluate when it has become a source of danger. Its pungent smell or off-putting appearance let them know it was better not to touch it.
That is why people learned to pay attention to it. And eventually, certain things that seemed disgusting became captivating as well. In addition to that, viewing certain abhorrent things became somewhat satisfying due to the human tendency of enjoying constraint risks, also known as benign masochism.
Black Pin Mold That Spawned From A Bowl Of Cat Food That Has Been Soaked In Water For A Few Weeks
Husband Is Severely Allergic To Dogs. This Is What Happened When He Bought A Used Gaming Console From Folks That Lied About Their “Pet Free” Home
I hate when my balls get all red and swollen and start leaking.................................eyeballs people! get ya minds out out of the gutter.
When it comes to disgust, it’s not only the palpable things that repel us. Similarly to safeguarding ourselves from physical danger, we tend to save ourselves from what we find morally alarming as well.
The neuroscientist Aditi Subramaniam covered this idea in Psychology Today. “Indeed, there is considerable overlap in the brain regions that govern both 'core' disgust and moral disgust,” she wrote. “When something provokes core disgust, our reaction is to get our bodies as far away from it as possible, to minimize the chances of contamination or infection. Similarly, scientists have suggested that when something disgusts us on a moral level, we tend to want to protect our 'souls' from contamination by staying away.”
My Grandma Has Had This Brush For So Long
What Is This Crazy Swarm Of Inch Long Bugs On Gas Pumps In South Carolina?
The online world is an inexhaustible source for those who enjoy viewing rather gruesome content. The ‘Make Me Suffer’ subreddit alone has gathered over a million members since its creation in 2018. And that’s just one example.
Unsurprisingly, such content as well as some horrific trends have attracted plenty of attention from the online community, whether it’s videos of people popping pimples, eating something gross, or something else completely.
I Would Simply Pass Away
My Sister Has A Tooth Growing From The Roof Of Her Mouth
Radiologist Said There Was No Broken Bone.. I’m Skeptical
But it’s not only the disgusting things we can’t seem to look away from; scary material can captivate people’s attention just as well. Take horror movies, for instance. How many times have you seen someone peeping at the screen through their fingers? Chances are, they know something horrifying is about to happen, yet they choose to witness it nevertheless.
According to Frontiers In Psychology, it is related to the build-up and the resolution of suspense. The build-up in horror movies is typically based on negative elements, such as anxiety, stress, or horror. Caused by something atrocious, they emphasize the juxtaposition of the positive effects the resolution of suspense brings.
So Uh... We've Been Having A Lot Of Random Ants In Our House For Years, And Today We Discovered Where They Were Coming From While Painting
once i put my legs over a heating vent to keep warm and my legs were covered in ants
Partner Drops Used Contacts Behind The Bed Head
Ankle 4 Days After A Sprain
Some people who love horror movies are often terrified nevertheless, as fear is not easily manageable. (Readers who have fears related to any of the listed images can attest to that.) Similarly to disgust, it is a survival instinct based on responding to a perceived threat. However, the things we identify as threats differ from person to person. That is why something that’s terrifying to some can evoke no reaction from others.
Had A Hangnail
194-Pound Unpolished Amethyst Crystal Office Chair
Post-Op Orif Scar. Looks Like An American Football!
I have one on my ring finger.. with 8 screws in it.. and one on my other hand. But not as intense as this!!! Wow. Ouch
In some cases, excessive fear might actually be a phobia—a debilitating sense of anxiety caused by a specific object, situation, or feeling. The National Institute of Mental Health revealed that nearly 13% of Americans experience a certain phobia at some point in their lives.
When They Move Out But Don’t Clean Their Fridge
Whelp... time for a new fridge... People are truly disgusting...
Hand-Foot-And-Mouth Disease Is No Joke!
Found These Guys Crawling All Over My Kitchen Floor This Morning, After Some Heavy Rain Last Night
Phobias are classified based on the source of the anxiety. They include animals, the natural environment, blood, injection, and injury, situations, and other types. Some believe there are as many as 500 different kinds of phobias.
Getting Hit Head On While Riding A Dirt Bike
1 Piece Of Mussel And Then This!
Shower Mold
When it comes to the most common phobias, Very Well Mind distinguishes the following ten: arachnophobia (spiders), ophidiophobia (snakes), acrophobia (heights), aerophobia (flying), cynophobia (dogs), astraphobia (thunder and lightning), trypanophobia (injections), social phobia (social interactions), agoraphobia (places or situations that are difficult to escape), mysophobia (germs, dirt, and other contaminants).
Looks Like My Christmas Gift Came Early!
Hair and makeup. The worst part, it had been there for about an hour and I couldn’t get to it because it was too far in my eyelid, and I had to wait for it to move up on it own so I could pull it out. Super uncomfortable lol
Hairy balls...........................Bloody hell I thought we went over this, EYEBALLS!
A Wart On My Thumb That Has Resisted All Treatments For Years
It's been frozen and mostly fallen off, keeps coming back. Dermatologist has been injecting amino acids into my thumb/nailbed the last few times. Literally one of the worst pains of my life, plus it peels after exposing raw flesh.
A traditional Aboriginal medicine is the needle wattle (Acacia rigens). You take the needle like leaves and stick about 3 or 4 in the wart and repeat for a couple of days. The wart will shrivel up and you will be able to pick the dead skin off and then apply some redgum sap to kill the infection.
My grandma’s wart cure: dab castor oil on it every morning and evening, tape it so no air can get to it at night and put a band-aid on during the day. It’s slow but the wart eventually shrivels up so you can pick it off and never comes back
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This looks like the "before" picture to that one earlier in the list about a hangnail
I had a wart on my index finger that I tried having frozen, burned, chemical treated, scrubbed, and even tried the ductape trick. No dice. I got mad at it and excised it with some corn clippers until all I could see was subcutaneous fat. Removed the dermis all around it. Yes it hurt. The skin grew back with no scar. Please do not construe this as advice.
I had a wart on my foot which caused me immense pain when walking. The dermatologist said I just had to live with it. Thankfully, I went and got a second opinion! My new doctor made me put on the normal ice stuff, then every few weeks she would remove dead skin with a scalpel. Wart has been completely gone for 7 years now and I've been pain free for just as long :)
had a plantar wart, root and all, that wouldn't go away with freezing, salicylic acid, etc etc...so i dug it out and it never came back. Painful as heck, but worth it. It was SO ANNOYING to walk on!!!
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Duct tape; tape it up so it has as little air exposure as possible. Change out tape as needed.
In recent studies, this method of wart removal was found to be as good as, if not slightly better than, other methods such as cryotherapy and salicylic acid treatment.
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I had warts I couldn't get rid of for decades... I got my hpv vax 'late' after it was opened up to everyone under 45(?), and while not the intended effect, it did actually get my body to recognize the warts as an issue and got rid of them. Not entirely sure the mechanism but I'm not alone with it.
I had that problem once when I was 12, I went in after the roots and pulled/cut all those things out with tweezers and nail cutters, it sucked and kinda hurt but it never came back. I still can't eat Jackfruit to this day because it reminds me of the inside of a wart. If you don't kill the roots it will just keep growing back.
My doctor removed it with a burning thing. A bit like a soldering iron. You're left with scar tissue, but the wart is gone. Can recommend.
i hace one in the little crevice between my nail and finger on my ring finger
They can try ulcer medication (unfortunately I forgot the name) I used to be covered in warts and back in the 90s they didn't really do a lot of freezing or lasering off, so they recommended trying an ulcer medication (same virus family apparently) and they all went away
Ask for Beetlejuice (not joking) they inject it into the warts and they blister. The blister signals your immune system of the infection and it fights it. I had planter warts on my fingers, nailbeds, and feet from swim team and this is the only treatment that got rid of them. Extremely painful but worth it.
Deep penetrating blue light therapy to kill the virus, then red DPL light to increase collagen production and healing.
Imiquimod. Brand name, Aldara. Topical, prescription only. It got rid of the six warts I had including one on my thumb and another on the palm of my hand. Ask your GP or dermatologist.
I had a persistent wart on my thumb knuckle that over counter treatment didnt touch. I covered it in duct tape (and then a plaster/band aid so I didnt look weird) and kept it on until it fell off, then put a fresh one on. It eventually died and fell out - yes out, not off. That f--ker had a root!
I've gotten rid of several resistant warts with apple cider vinegar - the real stuff with the "mother" in it. Bragg's is one brand. Dab the wart with it once or twice a day, cover with a bandaid. It will start to turn black and then fall off. It even works without the bandaid if the wart is in a weird place - one of mine was on the edge of my tragus so I couldn't cover it.
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Looks kinda like the psoriasis on my hands, actually. You might want to get a second opinion.
I had a wart on the palm of my hand. I removed it using cuticle trimmer, cuticle scissors and tweezers. Quite painful but I dug it out and it never returned. Had a little crater in my palm for a decent amount of time afterwards but no more stupid wart. Don't recommend it as its high risk of infection (i got lucky) and people should just go to doctors
this happened to me when I was younger. I would have them all the time and I played baseball the majority of my life. Turned out after I stopped playing, they went away. Must have been something with the actual baseball.
The creativity of mono braincells ensures the monthly income of surgeons and OR-staff and so on....
Freezing never worked for me, and it's one of the worst pains imaginable. I finally figured out you can just soak them in salt. It's painless and it actually works.They shrink and disappear without even leaving a wound. Has to be really strong saltwater, though, and you have to soak it for several hours. Maybe repeat a few days in a row. The point is to dry the skin out. You can file it a little, too, to help the salt work better. Time consuming, but I'd prefer that to anything else.
Saw These Creatures At The Base Of My Toilet. Wiped Them Away With Bleach Only For Them To Reappear In Force A Couple Days Later. What The Heck?
X-Ray From When I Broke My Arm As A Kid
The Hairbrush My Daughter Leaves Hanging In The Shower
People! It takes literally two seconds to just peel the hair out and toss it! Gross!
Hair Of The Dog? Friends House, Straight Out Of The Dishwasher And The Hair Appears To Be Burned Onto The Glass Somehow
A Thing
Very Strange Beard Placement
My Athletes Foot That Has “Progressed”
Broke My Finger Looking For Food
Note: this post originally had 42 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
To everyone who got through this list - congratulations! You have achieved something I could never do :)
I did it and shared my personal stories too do I get extra credit?
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My broken ankle looked just like that, so much so that I though that was my foot in the picture for a second. FYI the bruising got even more disgusting before it started healing 😅
Can someone explain to me how I can add something to this list please
To everyone who got through this list - congratulations! You have achieved something I could never do :)
I did it and shared my personal stories too do I get extra credit?
Load More Replies... My broken ankle looked just like that, so much so that I though that was my foot in the picture for a second. FYI the bruising got even more disgusting before it started healing 😅
Can someone explain to me how I can add something to this list please
