I personally have trypophobia really bad. It is a phobia of seeing lots of holes close together. Okay so it doesn't SOUND gross but just check this out!
Oh god, writing this blog is really difficult. Finding images is going to make me vomit. I am trying to squint. It is even worse when there are tiny balls inside of the tony holes.🤢 Are you horrified by the above imagery for some reason that you don't fully understand? Does it make your skin crawl? Feeling sick to your stomach? Yeah you may have trypophobia. For me the disgust also comes from natural things with lots of holes close together like bee hives and wasp's nests.
Well, the term "trypophobia" was only coined recently and there is no definitive answer but experts are speculating. Many believe that humans are afraid of tiny holes because we associate it with illness and disease. Reactions to tiny holes ranges from person to person some people feel disgust and others literally tremble with fear. I feel EXTREME disgust. It is so hard to deal with these photos. I sometimes feel like I may vomit if I see tiny close together holes.
Treating an irrational fear can be very difficult and there is no cure but there is behavioral therapy that can help make the person realize their fear of tiny holes is in their imagination. I might feel like I need this therapy if I lived in a world where all the walls were made of tiny holes but, as is, I think I can handle occasionally being overwhelmed with disgust when I cross near a wasp's nest, cut a garlic clove in half sideways (never again) or see a little add on a shady website designed to invoke disgust.
Oh god, excuse me while I go delete all these awful images from my PC so they don't surprise me later.
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