Understanding Trypophobia: The Fear of Holes
In this SciShow dose, Michael Aranda explains mystery behind trypophobia. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold...
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Can I ask you a personal question? How do you feel about clusters of small holes? Does the look of baby Swiss cheese give you the heebie jeebies? What about the little air bubbles in a frying pancake, or the inside of a wasp nest, or the patterns in this coral, or this lotus pod? Does this image make you throw up a little in your mouth? Well then, friend, you may have trypophobia -- the fear of clusters of small holes. Phobias are persistent, irrational fears of particular objects or situations, the causes of which are often unknown. In the bigger picture, being afraid of holes isn't that weird. I mean, people are afraid of all sorts of crazy stuff. One etymologist has been collecting the names of phobias for nearly thirty years, and his list currentl...
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Can I ask you a personal question? How do you feel about clusters of small holes? Does the look of baby Swiss cheese give you the heebie jeebies? What about the little air bubbles in a frying pancake, or the inside of a wasp nest, or the patterns in this coral, or this lotus pod? Does this image make you throw up a little in your mouth? Well then, friend, you may have trypophobia -- the fear of clusters of small holes. Phobias are persistent, irrational fears of particular objects or situations, the causes of which are often unknown. In the bigger picture, being afraid of holes isn't that weird. I mean, people are afraid of all sorts of crazy stuff. One etymologist has been collecting the names of phobias for nearly thirty years, and his list currentl...
