Clusters of tiny holes or bumps can spark strong aversion in people with trypophobia, a condition researchers link more to disgust and fear than real threat. Common textures, such as coral or seed ...

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, ...

The fear of clustered holes, known as trypophobia, affects about 16 percent of participants according to research from the University of Essex. This weird phobia gets triggered by everyday objects ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine you're scrolling through TikTok and come across an image of a lotus seed pod or sponge. You might not think much about it, ...

There are also a number of trypophobia "trigger" sites on the Internet, where people post images of holes, bubbles and clusters, including many graphically added to human body parts. That makes it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "To be a phobia, it needs to substantially interfere with your functioning, and the person usually knows that it doesn't make ...