Have you ever felt your heart race at the sight of tiny holes clustered together? Or maybe you've experienced a surge of ...

Clusters of tiny holes or bumps can spark strong aversion in people with trypophobia, a condition researchers link more to disgust and fear than real threat. Common textures, such as coral or seed ...

Images that evoke a phobic reaction to holes have unique characteristics in terms of contrast and fine detail. Researchers found they were similar... Trypophobia may be moving out of the urban ...

Does the above picture of a lotus seed pod freak you out? If so, there’s a chance you suffer from trypophobia, the fear of small holes in certain configurations. You know what else apparently could ...

A woman who is terrified of lines and holes “suffered in silence” for more than 30 years before speaking about her phobia, afraid people would think that she was a “freak”. Samantha Harradine has ...

Explore the rising prevalence of extreme phobias, their impact on lives, and the importance of early intervention and ...

A teenage girl from Yorkshire has opened up about her fear of crumpets. Stefani Ingamells of Scarborough suffers from trypophobia, a fear of holes, which leaves her ...

"Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes, or bumps." The follow up that nobody asked for is finally here. Set before the events of the first ...