: Art in this category often portrays affliction as a heavy weight on shoulders or a "vice" crushing the spirit.

In the 2013 horror film Afflicted , the "afflicted" image is central to a found-footage narrative where a young man’s physical transformation is documented in real-time.

: The concept aligns with famous works like Edvard Munch’s "The Scream" , which visualizes the "affliction" of modern anxiety.