Tennessee Man Suffers From Terrifying ‘Demonic Face Syndrome’
Have you heard of Demonic Face Syndrome? (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)
Have you ever heard of Demonic Face Syndrome? It’s a real thing and it sounds terrifying! According to Oddity Central, Demonic Face Syndrome, also known as prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), is an extremely rare neurological disorder that makes other people’s faces appear severely distorted.
People with PMO have described it as seeing other’s faces with pulled back physical features that makes them kind of look like The Joker from “Batman.” Now, a man in Tennessee has discovered he has the rare illness. Here’s more on the unique situation.
Tennessee Man Suffers From Terrifying ‘Demonic Face Syndrome’
According to Oddity Central, Victor Sharrah has been experiencing symptoms of Demonic Face Syndrome since November of 2020, but was only recently diagnosed. Since then, he’s found people’s faces have distorted in shape, size and color.
“My first thought was I woke up in a demon world. You can’t imagine how scary it was. I was really freaking out at that point. I was going to go have myself committed,” Sharrah said per Oddity Central. That sounds absolutely terrifying! To wake up one day and then everyone’s face looks different would be impossibly hard to grasp. Personally, I probably would have actually checked myself in! How would you go about trying to explain that to anyone? You’d likely have to do it over the phone because otherwise you’d be explaining it to a demon-like figure.
PMO is an incredibly rare disorder, with only 75 recorded cases, per Oddity Central. Unlike schizophrenia, PMO is not “accompanied by delusional beliefs about the identities of the people the patient encounters,” per Oddity Central. I couldn’t imagine going through this. It would be nothing short of a nightmare. They say the symptoms can last days, weeks, or even years! The fact that it’s unpredictable and you don’t know when it might end only adds to it. Truly unimaginable.
See more on what it’s like with PMO below!
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With Hollywood shut down due to strikes from the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), production of upcoming shows and movies is shut down. This includes festivals, film premieres, press tours, and even the upcoming Emmys in September.
The writer’s strike began at the beginning of May, with the actors guild joining just last week. Both unions share the same reasons for striking. This includes getting paid a living wage to meet basic needs, receiving higher residuals (financial compensation paid out to actors whenever TV shows or movies they’ve appeared in are replayed on streaming and syndication), and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be regulated to protect talent and writers’ jobs from being completely taken over. For the first time in more than 60 years, Hollywood actors and writers are on strike simultaneously, with no signs of ending anytime soon.
The End Is Not Near
SAG-AFTRA’s president Fran Drescher said a vast majority of actors “are just working people just trying to make a living, just trying to pay their rent, just trying to put food on the table and get their kids off to school.” She added that everything that we, as consumers watch, are “filled with people that are not making the big money.” $27.73 per hour is how much the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported as the average pay for California actors in 2022. However, the BLS noted in the data that actors aren’t paid full-time year-round due to the nature of the job.
With no end date in motion, we’ve come up with a series of lists of entertainment to watch until production begins again. Take a look below at our list of five fantastic horror films that will make you a fan of the genre if you’re hesitant. There’s a little something for everybody on this list, with paranormal thrillers that will have you jumping out of your seat to psychological horror films that have you questioning your own sanity.
Cort Freeman was born and raised in Metro Detroit. He was named Clarkston High School 2009 Class Clown 13 years after graduating. Totally normal thing to happen. That’s thanks to his time spent as an Intern at Comedy Central and Social Media Correspondent for The Colbert Report. Cort has done comedy across the country, both standing up and sitting down. When he’s not trying to make you laugh on-air and online, he’s probably at home enjoying his favorite shows like Seinfeld, South Park, and The Office. He’s also totally uncomfortable writing about himself in the third person. Cort enjoys writing about comedy, food, sports, and entertainment. So, basically anything and everything.
