to ask what trypopphobia is?

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Too scared to google

It's a fear of holes I think.

I don't dare to open the thread re the picture in active convos as I don't know what it is either!

Why?

Just Google it

Fear of small holes. Unusual!!

Fear of holes and clusters.

Fear of objects with multiple small holes (sponges, beehives, some seed head type things).

Oh god, don't google it. It's sooooooo horrible. Sometimes you're just better off not knowing.

The term trypophobia [1] was coined in 2005, a combination of the Greek trypo (punching, drilling or boring holes) and phobia.[2] Although it is not recognized in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,[2][3] thousands of people claim to be affected by the phobia, which involves the fear of objects with small holes, such as beehives, ant hills and lotus seed heads.[3]

My mum genuinely has it, they make my skin crawl but not to the same extent as her

I think I shall not google and leave myself in blissful innocence

In this case, ignorance is definately bless.

Do NOT google.

YADBU,
Aaaaarrrgggghhhh!

Stay in blissful ignorance.

*bliss

Xpost with shaky.

Listen to us woman....

I think I know which image you are referring to when you say don't google it and if it makes anyone feel better, that photo is fake.

My mum had it. It is a fear of certain patterns, not necessarily holes. One day I saw an old lady with joined up blotches on her legs and I felt a fear and my skin was crawling and itching.

I find it quite distressing to see shells in a pattern. If anyone saw the Harry Hill film they will know what I mean. It was a job for me to stay in my seat!

Tree bark, macaroni standing up in a saucepan, bubbles, those thin mushrooms all joined together on stalks, corals...cracks in dry earth...can all set me off shuddering and itching and just generally feeling very disturbed. Such a strange thing.

If you google you may develop this phobia

Mine came from mumsnet about five years ago. One casual reference, one incautious google and BOOM.

I've googled and most pictures are photo shopped!

Every time this thread comes up I think there is something wrong with me. I find the pictures quite relaxing!

I have this now, albeit probably quite mildly, thanks to MN and googling - there are some things you are better off remaining blissfully unaware of!

some of the pics make my skin crawl and head itch, it's really odd.

I have this. Have had since being very young, when there was no 'name' for it.

Do not ask what it is. And above all, don't google it. You can't unsee that shit.

I can't stand small regular shaped bubbles

I really don't get it - I have never met anyone who has it, but it seems incredibly prevalent on MN! I find the neatness of nature quite appealing, but I feel for those who do find it unsettling as you never know when you might encounter something which might trigger it.

I remember peering at a slice of pastrami with small holes in it when I was a child and trying to tell my mother that it was freaking me out. It wasn't very easy to explain! Anyway, I don't have the phobia, but those pictures do remind me of that pastrami...