We are not kidding when we say that our brains despise us. No, it is not just a theory. It’s science, straight-up. There is no other explanation why it would make us jump into conclusions and freak out over the most ordinary situations. Thanks to pareidolia, we are convinced that there are demons and monsters in the dark. This is the evolutionary programming that makes us see animals and faces, even in vague objects and shapes.
Photos That Show Our Brains Will Trick Us Into Freaking Out Over The Simplest Things
This was helpful for survival a long, long time ago. Our ancestors probably thought of things like this all the time: “Is that a saber-toothed tiger in that bush, or just an optical illusion?” It kept them alive because they needed to stay away from predators like that. Society has changed a lot since then, so this is not quite as important as it used to be.
Now you know why you get terrified of household objects in dimly lit rooms. When they are arranged in just the right way, they often look like another thing altogether. With this in mind, let us take a look at a few examples of just how silly our minds can be sometimes!
Breaking The Fast
Let us say that you just got up on a Monday. Yet again, you are not equipped to handle the fact that another week has begun once more. The only thing you want to do in the morning is to drink your coffee and eat your cereal before you head to work.
Breaking The Fast
You go to the kitchen and with this gray wraith in your chair! It almost seems like it is already eating breakfast before you! After a heart attack, you realize that it is nothing more than the comforter your lovely wife put on the chair to dry it off. Whew.
Hotline For The Handmaid
We bet the person who took the first photo nearly fainted after looking across the street to find a woman dressed in a Handmaid’s Tale outfit on the ledge of the roof. There is no doubt that most of us would feel the same way if we were in the same position! It must have been scary to see someone planning to jump off the roof.
Hotline For The Handmaid
The said person decided to do something about it quickly. They dialed 911 and prayed help would get there before it was too late. A police officer was dispatched to the roof to talk the suicidal person out of jumping. However, things were not what they seemed. The cop only found this umbrella over there!