Since then, I have not been able to look at clusters of holes without getting the heebie-jeebies.” Just. Gross. Fear and disgust often go hand in hand, Antony says.

Do sponges make you feel afraid, anxious or disgusted? How about honeycombs? Or strawberries? If so, you might have Trypophobia. How common is it?

Then, in 2012, researchers at the Australian National University proved the existence of “rogue wave holes.” Rogue holes are transient, abnormally deep depressions on the ocean surface that ...

Trypophobia is an intense fear of holes or disgust for things with clusters of small bumps. A person may feel anxiety along with physical symptoms such as goosebumps, itching, and nausea when they ...

Trypophobia isn't actually a phobia.Why would humans want to be disgusted by holes? The research team thinks that humans and primates of old probably connected holes with signs of contamination or ...

Trypophobia - or the fear of holes - may not be a real phobia after all, a new study has suggested. The term, which was first coined in 2005 and made its rounds on social media, has quickly become ...

Trypophobia researchers take SELF through a fascinating debate about whether this is truly a fear of holes or something else entirely.

It’s not that unusual to be afraid of falling into a hole. But a fear of holes in general? Well, that is pretty unusual. But it’s not unheard of. This fear has a name—trypophobia—and ...

Trypophobia, the fear of clustered patterns of irregular holes, is the most Googled phobia in Maryland, with over 145,000 searches. The list of Maryland’s most Googled phobias was compiled by ...

Trypophobia refers to a fear of holes. Learn more about this phobia, including common triggers and how it's treated.

In 2002, psychologists at Florida International University studied a nine-year-old boy who's phobia started when he was asked to get some buttons from a large bowl on his teacher's desk.

This strong revulsion to clusters of holes and sometimes bumps is colloquially known as trypophobia. This isn’t an officially recognized phobia; you won’t find it in the Diagnostic and ...