To think i really shouldn't have googled Trypophobia...?

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But I couldn't help myself after seeing it mentioned on MN....I had a gut feeling before I started that it might not end well, but curiosity got the better of me and now I'm feeling sick...and wish I could have some brain bleach.

I hope no one else goes googling it after reading this. If you do, don't come back on this fred and blame me or anything ok?!

hahahaha been there, done that had the nightmares

do NOT ever allow yourself to google Surinam toads and

seriously, you will never get over it.

Doesn't really phase me. But then I like sporn and yukky stuff, generally.

You're Welcome

Bloody hell Squid!!

Oh, squiggly, that's just mean OP, I agree with you, I didn't know I had it til I read about it on here a few years ago either. Holes had never bothered me until I saw the lotus pods and the Surinam toads

MN is providing more education than I need....

Been there, done that. I am trypophobic. I saw it once in a manga (japanese comic) and cringed. It was disgusting. THe holes... The holes...

WTF is that? Jeez, I never click on links and really should have stuck to that rule.

What actually is that supposed to be squiggly. I get the breast background, but what is the other stuff?

But how disgusting can it be when it is in cartoon comic form though...? Hmmm...shan't google that either!

WARNING YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ THIS EXPLANATION OF THAT LINK

waxy, I think that link is one of the sort of pictures that come up on these threads, its a fake though - supposedly some story about a woman who got bitten abroad, had an itchy boob and had all sorts of larvae hatching out of her

Never ever google anything you read about on mumsnet!

I saw a picture on Facebook that left me feeling ill for days after it
And even now I have moments (like now) of remembering it and feeling I'll again
It was the fake breast/lotus pod pic

Oh ok, thanks. It doesn't affect me . To me it's just an odd pointless fake photo.

I didn't know there was a name for it until I read it on MN but I have always had an aversion for clusters of holes which I couldn't explain.

I also never googled child skull teeth before.

Just don't.

I never really understood the phrase "brain bleach" before I'd googled the breast/lotus pod seeds. I am still getting flashbacks.

Omg i just watched the suranim toad on youtube i am totally grossed out now and itching all over!!

Ive been intrigued so had a google. Watched the crater backed toad have baby toads. Thought they were quite cute.

Is someone seeing something I cant?

*obviously don't

Not thinking straight this hour of the evening!

Some of the images on google are quite creepy.

I'm not aware that I have this phobia - but then again I'm googling nowt .

Wonder whether it's an evolutionary thing - being repelled by anything( such as food) which might contain something like maggots or insect larvae would be quite sensible from a survival perspective.

What actually is that supposed to be squiggly. I get the breast background, but what is the other stuff?

It's a lotus blossom seed photoshopped onto a boob. :)

It started as a hoax about a woman getting bit by a bot fly and they laid eggs in her boob.

Yes, and maybe the holes remind us of blisters or spots on skin caused by infectious diseases, and people who had an aversion to them would be more likely to keep away and .not catch it and go on to reproduce.

don't look! Don't click! Don't ask!
LET IT GO!!

There was something on my fb feed last night, a scare about using shampoo or something, which might have been the lotus pod on flesh (not sure) but I have been unable to get it out of my head today, and feeling nauseous every time I think about it.