Freaked out when you see clusters of bumps and holes? You could have trypophobia

[Judi Lynn]

By Camron Slessor
Posted about 2 hours ago

Have you ever looked at an image of a cluster of small holes — such as those on a lotus seed head, or in a crumpet — and suddenly felt anxious, uncomfortable or even ill? Well, it turns out you are not alone.

If your skin is crawling and you have to immediately look away, you may have trypophobia — defined as an intense or irrational fear of a cluster of bumps or holes.

While it is a peculiar phobia, it is not entirely uncommon, with an expert estimating between 10 to 20 per cent of the population might experience it to some degree.

The word "trypophobia" is derived from the Greek word "trypo", meaning "punching, drilling or boring holes".

More:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-31/trypophobia-and-the-fear-of-small-holes/10093350?section=technology

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1. Such people should avoid Blackburn, Lancashire. Or the Albert Hall....

[defacto7]

3. Hmmm, reminds me of a song...........

[defacto7]

2. I have fear of tripe but I guess that's different.

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4. That's either "patsasphobia" or "just common sense"

[marylandblue]

5. And I thought I didn't like crumpets because they taste terrible

[dchill]

6. "...irrational fear of a cluster of bumps or holes."

You mean there's a RATIONAL fear of a cluster of bumps or holes?

[defacto7]

8. Yes. It's called bad roads.

[dchill]

9. Yeah, there's an epidemic of that!

[KT2000]

7. skin crawling

reading this. Really.