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30 Unsettling But Intriguing Pics Of “Liminal Spaces”
Have you ever heard of liminal anxiety? Well, if not, just know that the phenomenon arises from the uncertainty and discomfort experienced in "liminal" spaces. Derived from the Latin word "limen," meaning threshold, liminality describes the ambiguity and disorientation one feels when standing at the precipice of change, whether it's a life transition, cultural shift, or personal transformation.
For a lot of people, this form of anxiety is heightened by the absence of familiar reference points, leading to feelings of simply being… lost. Still, liminal anxiety, though uncomfortable, can also be seen as a transformative force of some sorts, and the Instagram page by the name of “Liminal Anxiety” does exactly that by posting interesting photos of liminal spaces.
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#1
Where Am I?
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For What Would You Ride This?
#3
Skiing Down There…
#4
What Did You Order?
#6
You Look Fine
#7
Chair
#8
Going For A Walk
#9
What Would You Do Here?
CascadedFalls 3 years ago (edited)
Wasn't this at a convention, but enough people didn't come and they started to get bored, so they just improvised with this ballpit?
#10
The Pepsi Rooms
Fly_Agaric_Frog (They/Them) 3 years ago
I remember a resort I went to looking similar to this.
#11
Who Would U Call?
#12
Where Does This Stair Lead To?
#13
Inside Or Outside?
#14
Liminal Anxiety
#15
Abandoned City Island In Japan
Oskar vanZandt 3 years ago (edited)
A bit of a fixer-upper, but I could make that into somewhere I would want to live... Lots of rooftop gardens and greenery would bring some life to that place. Remove a few of the buildings...
#16
Do We Know This Place?
#17
Let‘S Take A Bath
StPaul9 3 years ago
I would have said it was the Russian Orthodox tradition of carving a cross in the ice, then they throw an icon into the water and 'brave' (re:) idiots go swimming for it, but it's the wrong cross. Although, an Orthodox cross is hard to carve. I am 50% Russian descent (f**k Putin)
#19
Would U Enter?
#20
Enter The Tunnel
#22
Red & Grey
#23
Empty Pool
Lyone Fein 3 years ago
I think this is a Mikvah........a dunking tub used in Judaism for purification rituals.
#26
Happy Birthday
#27
How Do You Feel?
#28
Wavy Floor
#30
Huh. Thats A Weirdly Placed Kitchen
#31
Would U Ride It?
#32
How To Exit The Backrooms?
#33
It Is Winter. You Have To Walk Home From Work Because Your Bus Broke Down. It's Late, But Not Too Dark Yet. You Have A Long Way To Go And You Are Freezing
#34
Who Is This?
meow mixalot 3 years ago
It's in New Orleans. Charity Hospital abandoned since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
#35
I Don‘T Wanna See This When I Go To Work
#36
Flipping Patties
#37
Let‘S Slide
#39
New Gaming Setup
Kevin the Manager 3 years ago
"Yeeeaaaaahhhhh, if you could go ahead and move your desk down to the dead-end in the basement, that'd be greeaaaaat."
#42
Bowling Alley
Firstname Lastname 3 years ago
I know red is bowling, but he looks like he's trying to smack yellow's butt to me.
#44
Some Chairs
Pancake_Pansexual_Panda 3 years ago
Why are chairs upside down and everywhere? Reminds me of my school's classrooms.
#46
Dreams…
#47
It‘S Watching You
#49
Liminal Anxiety
#50
Where Are The Cheze Ballzz
#52
The Carpet Tho
#54
What Does This Place Feels Like?
#55
I Have Seen This Before…
Kevin the Manager 3 years ago
They had a super-strong window like this at the aquarium, right over the shark tank. I almost couldn't bring myself to stand on it.
#56
Avoid Those Places
#57
How Does It Make You Feel?
#58
Could You Explain Please?
#59
Do U Remember?
#60
A Classic One
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Liminal Space
#63
Supermarket
#65
Cool Bathtub
AtMostTheFabulist 3 years ago
First, I would be afraid I would trip on the edge and break a leg. Second, how do you even clean that?
#66
Fast_food
Aidan Campbell 3 years ago
The UFO-shaped diner, just off the A1 at Alconbury, near Huntingdon, was the definition of space-age architecture. It was demolished in 2008.
#67
1 V 1 On The Mcdonalds
#68
Let‘S Cuddle And Build A Pillowcastle In The Spongebob-Bed
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Lyone Fein 3 years ago
This was epic! So many excellent photographs that just happen to be of liminal spaces. Kudos to whoever put this one together!
Binky Melnik 3 years ago
Can you explain it to me? I read the article and didn’t understand what “liminal spaces” refers to, so I looked at all the pictures, and I STILL don’t understand. I saw some magnificent clouds up near the top, but the rest of it … I don’t get it. If you can, wouldja please tell me what’s “epic” about this, and what “liminal spaces” are? I didn’t feel, I don’t think, whatever I was sposta feel. Thanks for anything you can do to help! 👍🏻
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The mad duck 3 years ago
Wanna know something sad? A few years back I was really into making liminal space photography, I had like 50+ amazing pics saved on a school device from a photography class. I kinda just let them sit there and didn't upload them anywhere so they only existed on that device. Then the school updated all of their devices automatically and all of them were deleted forever... Shame. [Also if you want to know my opinion on the backrooms currently check out my comment on the "chair" post at the top.]
Trentin Quarantino 3 years ago
I love liminal spaces. We need more interesting posts like this and less ShitTok.
Lyone Fein 3 years ago
This was epic! So many excellent photographs that just happen to be of liminal spaces. Kudos to whoever put this one together!
Binky Melnik 3 years ago
Can you explain it to me? I read the article and didn’t understand what “liminal spaces” refers to, so I looked at all the pictures, and I STILL don’t understand. I saw some magnificent clouds up near the top, but the rest of it … I don’t get it. If you can, wouldja please tell me what’s “epic” about this, and what “liminal spaces” are? I didn’t feel, I don’t think, whatever I was sposta feel. Thanks for anything you can do to help! 👍🏻
Load More Replies... The mad duck 3 years ago
Wanna know something sad? A few years back I was really into making liminal space photography, I had like 50+ amazing pics saved on a school device from a photography class. I kinda just let them sit there and didn't upload them anywhere so they only existed on that device. Then the school updated all of their devices automatically and all of them were deleted forever... Shame. [Also if you want to know my opinion on the backrooms currently check out my comment on the "chair" post at the top.]
Trentin Quarantino 3 years ago
I love liminal spaces. We need more interesting posts like this and less ShitTok.
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