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[–] [email protected] 160 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Trypophabia ⚠️

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

TIL I have Trypophobia!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Like most phobias I think most people experience discomfort with this imagery but to really have a phobia it needs to be an unreasonable level of anxiety I think.

IDK why we have a hard wired aversion to these. It might be a vestigial response to some kind of predator or danger which is no longer relevant.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

I think it signals severe ailment, like blisters, pox diseases, etc

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It looks like spider eggs and eyes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Were you to wake up one day with something like this in the skin of your leg (it can happen), I think you would realize why it can become a phobia 🤣 Also, I hope that never happens!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think that it disgusts me and makes me extremely uncomfortable. I would avoid it at all costs and I would probably freak out if I wound up unknowingly close to it. It is a weird type of fear. I can't explain why but my body will insist I stay far the hell away.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These kinds of pictures remind me of some type of weird infection

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

Gives me feeling of burning the sickness out!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Woah what a coincidence! Same here!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, you talking about bot flies?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a fear of looking at things with a lot of holes

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They're implying botfly larvae are similar because they burrow into your skin.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Those vile frogs where the babies hatch out of the back of the mother. Do I have this phobia, or is that also the most unnerving thing YOU've ever seen?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

How can I unsee this comment?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

I didn't even understand what I was seeing and I started shivering instantly. Now feel a deep urge to scrub my skin with steel wool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I wanna touch it