If you’re one of those people that sees faces in inanimate objects then you might not know it but you’re suffering from .
I say suffering because some would say it only affects those with neurotic tendencies. “Neurotic people tend to be less emotionally stable than others, and this, too, may make them tend to see meaningful patterns that aren’t actually there. Likewise, certain moods may increase the tendency to see such patterns” says of the NNT Communication Science Laboratory in Tokyo.
But fear not, neurotic or not you are not alone if you can relate to this as it’s a wide reaching phenomena.
On alone there are 402,648 posts tagged with  and that’s not including the many other derivative tags including (95,926 posts),  (36,667 posts) and many more. It also occasionally makes headline news like the time everyone on social media was sharing Ìý´Ç°ù .
But surely this is just part of the human condition? Are we not hard-wired with tendencies? Is it down to some kind of primeval survival instinct to recognise faces in the dark ages to distinguish what’s a friend and what’s a foe. Or is it just we’re all a bit daft and like to point and laugh at things that aren’t really there?
If you’re looking for answers then I am not the man for you as I see faces all the time and have contributed many to the Instagram #iseefaces hashtag. So whether that makes me neurotic, over imaginative, weird or just primeval in my thinking… here’s eight of my faves on sale on Alamy:
Are you in the I see faces group? Let us know if you’ve got any favourites on Alamy.