Trypophobia is a fear of or aversionxxto tightly packed patterns of holes or other similar patterns, such as those found in honeycombs, sea sponges, or soap bubbles. If you have trypophobia, these ...

A growing number of people are reporting a fear of holes. The reaction is so severe that even seeing photos of holes can set off a panic attack. The condition is called trypophobia. According to the ...

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Do sponges make you feel afraid, anxious or disgusted? How about honeycombs? Or strawberries? If so, you might have trypophobia − the fear of clusters of small holes. Though rare as far as phobias go, ...

Since the advent of the internet, people have been able to discuss their symptoms with others globally. Sometimes people with very unusual symptoms discover others with similar experiences, which they ...

Does the sight of natural sponges, honeycomb cells or bubbly pancake batter make your skin crawl? You may be among thousands of people with trypophobia — an extreme aversion to clustered patterns of ...

You may have heard of various ‘phobias’ such as ornithophobia, claustrophobia, hydrophobia and more, but trypophobia is probably the most disturbing, strange and unheard of them all. Read on to know ...

Editor’s Note: There are no triggering images embedded in this story. There is a slideshow at the bottom with a warning slate as the first image. However, to explain to those without trypophobia what ...

I was eight or nine and my mother had let me out to play in the front yard after it snowed. As children sometimes do, I had purposely fallen down into the soft snow, and while on the ground, I heard a ...

Picture a boat hull covered with barnacles, a dried lotus seed pod, milk bubbles on a latte, or a honeycomb. Images of these objects are harmless—unless you're one of the millions of people suffering ...

Trypophobia refers to a strong fear of closely packed holes. People typically feel queasy, disgusted, and distressed when looking at surfaces that have small holes gathered close together. The name ...

If just looking at honeycomb is enough to make your skin crawl, you might suffer from trypophobia. Trypophobia, or the fear of small holes, only came to the attention of scientists in 2013, but ...