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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. Fear or disgust of objects with repetitive patterns of small holes or protrusions. Not to be confused with Trypanophobia. The holes in lotus seed heads elicit feelings of discomfort or repulsion in some people. Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of repetitive patterns or clusters of ...
Still, trypophobia can wreak havoc on the lives of those who do have it. Philip recalls treating one client with trypophobia who refused to go outside, for fear of encountering lizards or snakes.
Also, a number of psychiatric websites exist that at the first glance cover a huge number of phobias, but in fact use a standard text to fit any phobia and reuse it for all unusual phobias by merely changing the name. Sometimes it leads to bizarre results, such as suggestions to cure "prostitute phobia". [2]
Some people fear spiders, but people like Kendall Jenner suffer from something even more unusual -- the irrational fear of tiny holes in odd patterns.
Kendall Jenner has trypophobia, which is an intense fear of small holes in patterns – such as on pancakes. Eddie Redmayne hates eggs; he can’t even stand carrying them.
Elevator panel in a building in the United States, where floors proceed from 12 to 14. Triskaidekaphobia (/ ˌ t r ɪ s k aɪ ˌ d ɛ k ə ˈ f oʊ b i ə / ⓘ TRIS-kye-DEK-ə-FOH-bee-ə, / ˌ t r ɪ s k ə-/ TRIS-kə-; from Ancient Greek τρεισκαίδεκα (treiskaídeka) 'thirteen' and Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') [1] is fear or avoidance of the number 13.
Examples of the phenomenon exist among robotics, 3D computer animations and lifelike dolls. The increasing prevalence of digital technologies (e.g., virtual reality , augmented reality , and photorealistic computer animation) has propagated discussions and citations of the "valley"; such conversation has enhanced the construct's verisimilitude .
"Do you know there's some weird sponges and they have loads and loads of little circles? It creeps me out." What is trypophobia the fear Love Island contestant Yewande suffers from