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?!

Oo I definitely have the phobia. Can't eat carrots with little holes in, or naval oranges. Googled it and now have weak knees!

Someone pass the brain bleach, couldn't help but have a google after reading this

< checks bed for stray Surinam Toads >

I hope that wasn't my thread that made you google

That Fb photo made me gag, I never even knew it was a thing until I read about it on MN last year.

Someone then posted this week with a picture of the lotus flower saying that's what the picture was really, still made me gag!

I've felt physically sick for days...can't get it out of my head. DP thinks I'm mad

I googled it a week ago as it's the first time I have heard the name and was interested in the description as I've had this phobia for ever.

I spent about a hour afterwards curled up on the sofa incapacitated by revulsion!

I'm only now getting over all the images that popped up and sometimes when I close my eyes they are there, imprinted on my brain.

There is absolutely no way in hell that I'm letting myself google that toad, even though the sadist in me wants to.
I just know it will be bad.

I came across that photo a couple of years ago i think. It was panned out though and the woman is topless on a boat.

It did my head in back then as i wasn't sure if it was photo shopped or not. Kept me awake for a bit. Now i know it is it's easier to bare. Still horrible though.

Don't read on if even descriptions freak you out..

I once cooked some tube pasta, the ends weren't pointy like penne, just flat.

I accidentally let the pan boil dry so that when I returned to it all I could see was a hideous network of holes- all the pasta tubes were standing up on end, quivering in the steam and clustered together in a perfectly uniform shape taking up the entire pan.

I threw the whole lot away. It was fusilli all the way after that.

This is the third thread I've seen on here about this in a few days. People are obviously really affected by it. I had a similar experience to several PPs- couldn't sleep, felt the need for brain bleach, kept getting flashbacks. I've been morbidly obsessed with trypophobia since seeing the breast image! Whenever I think about it or see something like a lotus pod image I get this sensation of my skin crawling. Kind of itchy/shivery.

I'm so glad it's not just me. That boob thing has bothered me so much since I saw the picture on FB last week. Thinking about it makes me feel faint.

I had no idea the hole thing was a "thing" until then....and no idea that I was affected by said thing either.

I honestly can't get it out of my head. I've had to hide the posts on FB but am really scared I'll accidentally look at one again. I know it's not real but still.

I'm having to type this with my head practically between my knees for fear of fainting.

squid that photo keeps coming up on my FB feed because of people sharing it to watch it. Apparently it is a virus so if anyone sees it on their FB, leave it the fuck alone. It is giving me the boak.

Me too . Some fuckwit put it on my FB and it's actually made me feel really quite ill . I'm actually fucking furious he did it tbh . No warning , nothing , and now I keep getting flashbacks of it in my head . Totally , totally fucked up my sleep last night . Just what I needed when getting up at 4am . Prick.

Ok , google image searched it, really not that bad. Can't tell what photos are real or which are fake. The only ones that freak me out are tooth ones .

Nope, I clearly don't have this phobia.
Perhaps it's being a nurse. I've seen some bloody weird/big holes in people in all sorts of places/states (with and without maggots...)

I thought i was ok with this. Then that shampoo one flashed up on my FB feed this morning and I've felt sick to my stomach ever since. It's a truly bizarre, visceral reaction.
Grim.