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Apr 25, 2023 · 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...
Aug 11, 2021 · Trypophobia refers to disgust or fear of a pattern of holes. Seeing clusters of holes in foods, flowers and everyday items like sponges can trigger feelings of revulsion. Trypophobia is gaining recognition as an anxiety problem that can affect quality of life.
Aug 28, 2023 · Trypophobia is an intense and disproportionate fear or disgust for holes, bumps, or patterns that are clustered together or repetitive. For example, this can be triggered by holes in a honeycomb or sponge, the skin of a snake, or the seeds on a strawberry.
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Dec 27, 2023 · Trypophobia is the fear of holes. Learn more about the triggers, whether it’s a classified phobia, symptoms, causes, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and outlook for trypophobia.
Oct 2, 2017 · 5.8M views 6 years ago. Subscribe to The Doctors: http://bit.ly/SubscribeTheDrs The Doctors discuss a viral video of a hand covered in tiny holes uploaded by a woman on Facebook. It’s given...
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Dec 21, 2021 · Trypophobia is an aversion to clustered patterns of irregular holes, circles, or bumps. It can cause disgust, fear, or both, and may be related to evolution, genetics, or trauma.
Shapes that elicit a trypophobic reaction include clustered holes in innocuous contexts, such as fruit and bubbles, and in contexts associated with danger, such as holes made by insects and holes in wounds and diseased tissue such as those caused by mango flies in animals, especially dogs.
