Hallucinatory Faces: Living with Prosopometamorphopsia—One Woman’s Story of Seeing Dragons and Geometric Shapes
Urbana, Illinois – Maggie McCart, an administrative assistant at a university in Illinois, lives with an exceptionally rare condition called prosopometamorphopsia. This condition causes individuals to experience distorted and hallucinatory visuals when looking at someone’s face. McCart’s reality is a world where faces may appear to be made of tree bark, contorted in unnatural ways, or even replaced with mythical creatures. Despite the challenges posed by this condition, McCart navigates her daily life through a …