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30 Pics That Feel Oddly Familiar, Yet Subtly Unsettling, As Shared On This Dedicated IG Page
Discomfort has got to be one of the weirdest feelings to understand. Sure, everyone experiences reality in this vessel that we call a body differently. But discomfort is on a whole other level in terms of feelings. Where does it begin? Where does it end? Is it pain, or is it unease, or anxiety, or embarrassment?
The same applies to very peculiar places on this planet. Mostly architecture and interiors, but physical locations nonetheless. Locations featured in the Liminal Space Instagram page which is all about the odd, the eerie, and the uncomfortable.
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UN FAMILIA 2 years ago
Given the build up of snow that abruptly cuts off at a sharp 90 and the thick layer of snow on the door front I'd say the door was closed for some time before the homeowners opened the door to take this photo to share online with us all. Make sure you call your mother this Christmas.
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Laura Williams 2 years ago
It's interesting also weird so much light pollution looks like the sky is falling.
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
OG Twilight Zone episode - "I Am The Night - Color Me Black". Underrated, and very much applicable today.
So, Liminal Space is an Instagram page that features “pictures that feel strangely familiar, but uncomfortable”. But, as they say, a picture’s worth a thousand words, and a thousand words is definitely what you get looking at these spaces.
The page was created back in May of 2020 and, as of this article, the page has over 320 posts with 51K followers.
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lily jones 2 years ago
Idk why these are so creepy but looking at these photos sends a chill down my spine
Featherytoad 2 years ago
For me, it's that is so empty. No chairs, pictures, people, signs, etc.
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Ella Dunsmore 1 year ago
Am I the only one who sees the long thin line with a circle at the end,like a net lookin thingy?
Hudson Sellars 2 years ago
isn't there a level of the backrooms that involves a pool or that previous one got my head messed up
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The Disneyland Duck 2 years ago
I wouldn't do that. I'm afraid of mannequins moving when no one is looking
Load More Replies... Now, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what is off in each of the pictures on the page, but something is definitely off in each of them.
For all intents and purposes, you can blame it on the color scheme, on the creepy elements, on next level impracticality, on the mannequins (it’s always the mannequins), the claustrophobia, or whatever this is supposed to be.
Maybe it’s the flash that adds to the atmosphere, but one thing’s for certain: it has a particular kind of threatening aura about it.
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SuperChicken 2 years ago
This actually looks so serene. Until, something or someone floats out of nowhere.
Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
Calm, fresh snow winter photos just...aren't discomforting. I wanna be a blanket burrito, wrapped up inside, seeing this.
Ella Dunsmore 1 year ago
I don’t see how this is scary or unsettling.it’s just pretty and quiet.somebody please explain how this is at all scary or frightening
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a person who likes books 2 years ago
weeping angel appears over the hills to all the docter who fans who understands what this means
M O'Connell 2 years ago
This is the remains of factory buildings from the Zil automotive plant in Moscow. What you see above are the facades of the buildings, the long steel and glass parts having already been removed.
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The concept of a liminal space is actually very appropriate in trying to explain whatever that these places are.
If you’re not aware, a liminal space is best described as going through a change or going from one place to another. It can be physical, as well as emotional or metaphorical.
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Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Indoor minigolf! Looks like one we visited in NC. Also had an ice cream shop attached.
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Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
This looks like setting up for a store. The other end of it, tearing the store down, is a little weird...but a lot of fun. My rabid hatred for the section I had culminated into an aggressive teardown that other employees joined me in - it was VERY fun, we were all glad to see it gone.
Colt Winkler 2 years ago
the emptied basin of a shopping mall, here lies the globglogabgalab, a monster who came here to look for food, but found none. they now spend the rest of their days feeding off whoever enters the store... ( READ FIRST ) add on to the story keep it going guys
UN FAMILIA 2 years ago
The year was 1995, the brisk sharp winds of the cold winter morning burned my skin as I walked to the local groceries. 5am, the distant burning of the rising sun knocking on the fog covered horizon. The street lamps guided my path through thick snow covered paths. Id walked this path before, yet today, something felt unfamiliar....
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Laura Williams 2 years ago
Stupid four people crash at the end just limbs and heads knocking into each other.
It’s like being stuck between a rock and a hard place but only vaguely understanding that it’s a rock or a hard place.
The tricky part here is navigating through this void between two things. Because as most of you’ve already figured it out, humans don’t like living in the unknown.
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The Crushinator 2 years ago
That's just the pollution from the Sweetums candy factory..
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Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
I used to live for zombie movies but 28 Days Later ruined zombie movies for me because it was just so realistic and twisted! 😂 I can’t watch them anymore now. 😂
Load More Replies... Ella Dunsmore 1 year ago
I feel like if you were really there the pink fog would cloud your sinuses and it would be hard to breathe
Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
Just wait til night - lights flashing almost in unison, barely peeking through the fog. A field of red eyes, flicking open then closed, bringing out the guttural fear that you are prey, and you are being watched.
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Why do people find themselves in liminal spaces? For one, it’s unavoidable. Like, as it would be in the physical dimension, a liminal space is when you’re walking home from wherever, it’s a dark, silent night, and you can hear your own footsteps echoing through the streets—all the same through your own mind. And as you notice this, existential dread kicks in and bam! You’re in the liminal space.
Either that or you find yourself in one of the places featured on the Instagram page.
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Marcellus II 2 years ago
Very cold though. It's as if you're sleeping on top of your blanket --- the inflatable below you is full of cold air. You wake up stiff and miserable (and hungover usually, in my experience). YMMV.
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This is one of those pictures that I can almost feel myself in.I can smell the night air,feel the cold temperature,and hear the loud fan keeping the bouncy house inflated.this is personally very nostalgic for me as I have spent many childhood night inviting my friends over to play in my backyard and running around at the dead of night chasing each other around.yeah,I was a weird kid
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Laura Williams 2 years ago
Cool I want to live there if the piano is any indication seems like a peaceful place.
Cheryl Lohr 1 year ago
I have been in hospitals that have places like this.. nobody plays the piano.
soulless duck (she/her) 2 years ago
My balcony has a lovely view! (of other people's balconies)
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Ella Dunsmore 1 year ago
I would give all of my things I have, to live here.the time of day in the picture is soo the best time of day, too.
Giles McArdell 2 years ago
This captures the feeling "Been at the playground but it's getting dark so you'd better go home and there's only you and one friend left and later in life you find out he didn't want to go home because his Dad beat him up" - or maybe that's just me.
Jill 2 years ago
There aren't any. These look like townhouses or duplexes. You park on the street or in a parking lot. There's probably a parking lot behind the playground area where this photo was taken.
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As for emotional liminal space, this is where folks experience unease. Heck, if you wanna ramp up the existential dread to 11, some might consider the entirety between birth and death liminal.
Cue that Spongebob existential crisis meme.
Living in a constant state of the unknown can be nerve-racking. So much, in fact, that it can lead to extreme anxiety.
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MushroomHead22 2 years ago (edited)
how is this unsettling. this looks like every movie theater i've ever been in.
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Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
This is good framing! makes it feel a bit more claustrophobic than it is.
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Psychological liminal spaces are more transitions in life or shifts in how we think. The human mind craves predictability, consistency and normality. Evolution has taught us (and continues to) to avoid anything that is uncertain to us. And uncertainty can be extremely overwhelming, even paralyzing, in certain scenarios. But, again, as we are humans, we are hardwired to overcome obstacles, so the same can be transformative and valuable.
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INGI 2 years ago
wrong ratio for YOU. For people with mobility issues, this is incredibly helpful. Be grateful that a shorter step is a minor annoyance for you and not a necessity.
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Jessica Miller 3 weeks ago
This is from that one backrooms video game right? Or that roblox "choose one" type of game?
SuperChicken 2 years ago
An escape room? Setting some traps to fall in to go to another room below.
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a person who likes books 2 years ago
Spider-playground, Spider-playground Does whatever a spider playground can
As you might have figured out already, liminal spaces are something you can get out of naturally. But there are ways to make it easier or quicker (or both).
View being stuck as a challenge, with a “why not?” mentality instead of “what if?” Focusing on the positive will help us avoid catastrophizing a situation, and it will come out as a healthy challenge that will make you better as a human being.
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AtMostTheFabulist 2 years ago
Carpet fringe around the mirror? Tub in the floor just a couple feet from the toilet, also surrounded by carpet? What's not to love? 😬
UN FAMILIA 2 years ago
If that carpet could talk, the stories it would tell....
Load More Replies... Laura Williams 2 years ago
Will never understand why carpet is a constantly damp room is a good idea.
Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
This is cursed. Liminal? not really. Cursed? yeah, set this bathroom on fire.
Ella Dunsmore 1 year ago
I am very uncomfortable rn.I don’t want to know what all has gone into that carpet.NO. Just NO.
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Laura Williams 2 years ago
I'm with you definitely creepy clown but that is why I'm here for the creepy clown.
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Other approaches include learning to meditate, practicing acceptance, being present, focus on the things you can control and not the ones you can’t, and more, all to get used to and cope with being in a liminal space. And if that doesn’t go well, remember that you deserve to be happy and that seeking help is never a bad idea.
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Rosemary 2 years ago
All the kids had asparagus for dinner the previous night.
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Bill Swallow 2 years ago
Meh. A lot of these pictures are made to look worse because of low / dim / bad lighting. Simply turning on the lights would improve things a lot. Though that still can't fix architectural or decorating bad choices.
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This is the part where you decide whether to stay in the liminal space or to embrace it by leaving a comment and smashing that upvote button.
And you can also check out more by visiting the Liminal Spaces Instagram page.
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soulless duck (she/her) 2 years ago
Is that a little girl? I couldn't tell from the claw like hands
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SuperChicken 2 years ago
This reminds me years ago, when I would go grocery shopping late at night, when it's quiet and only the employees and only one or two other customers are in the supermarket.
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
I have severe insomnia and before the pandemic I used to love shopping in the middle of the night. It’s one thing I miss now.
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Hudson Sellars 2 years ago
this is universal but its creepy how empty it is i go every summer
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The Disneyland Duck 2 years ago
Anyone afraid of mannequins moving when no one is looking, because I am
SuperChicken 2 years ago (edited)
My wild imagination is giving me the heebie-jeebies, whenever I see a bunch of mannequins, especially, grouped like this. I don't know why.
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AtMostTheFabulist 2 years ago
Those doors are as big as the stalls. What exactly is going on in there?
Nova Cat 2 years ago
Could also be wheelchair accessible, many places have regulations about accessibility
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SuperChicken 2 years ago (edited)
Watch, some distorted figure suddenly appears from one of those windows😬😱
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What do you think ?
Jessica Miller 3 weeks ago
Uh what do I think? None of these were scary, neither familiar. Also this was advertised as 30 pictures on google, not 50?
Dont Sellmyinfo 2 years ago
I don’t understand this…. These are pictures of completely normal occurrences. Is that the point? Just pictures of stuff many people have seen?
Jessica Miller 3 weeks ago
Uh what do I think? None of these were scary, neither familiar. Also this was advertised as 30 pictures on google, not 50?
Dont Sellmyinfo 2 years ago
I don’t understand this…. These are pictures of completely normal occurrences. Is that the point? Just pictures of stuff many people have seen?
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