Trypophobia

[skull_bearer]

This is one of those: Wow, there are other people out there who have this? moments. A friend linked me to the wikipedia page, and my reaction was a resounding 'fuck you' because there's a photo. That's like heading an article on archnaphobia with a big close up of a spider. Seriously, fuck those guys.

(if anyone can edit that out of wikipedia that would be great because seriously, I don't want to go near that page)

Anyway, apparently this is pretty common so some of you reading this might, like me, be suffering from this. Trypophobia is a violent fear and revulsion of holes. Dried lotus pods are the main offender, but there's also this kind of toad that carries eggs on it's back, and let us never forget (I never will) The Worst Photo on Earth.

No, I am not providing a link, look it up for yourself. I've seen it once and it makes me want to put my eyes out. I can look in a Majdanek gas chamber but one second of shitty photoshop and I want to die.

Basically, look at the photo on the wiki page, if you're a bit unnerved, that's fine. If you're OMG MAKE IT STOP TAKE IT AWAY! join the club and take a badge, you're Trypophobic.

I've had this reaction to weathered rocks, crumpets, and this particularly level of Half-Life 2 where there's these honeycomb things (the main reason I have never played that game, seriously). Hell, even thinking about it has me sipping a glass of Bach's rescue remedy.

Anyone linking photos without appropriate warnings will be banned. I'm not shitting around on this.

Comments

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

You're the second person I know with this.

The arachnophobia article DID once have a big gross spider at the head of the article. The subsequent discussion page is now listed as one of the most problematic in wikipedia's history.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

The pipa toad it is wot does that!

You're the first person I've come across with this one.

My own fear is of German shepherd dogs- not all dogs- just alsatians.

Btw, is anoraknophobia the fear of trainspotters?

[shadowvalkyrie.livejournal.com]

Huh! I wasn't even aware this was a recognised phobia, never mind a common one! *confused* But damn, that has to be problematic! At least people tend to warn for well-known ones like arachnophobia, but who'd think to warn for holes? *hugs*

[skull-bearer.livejournal.com]

I'm not too bad, there's only a few things that trigger me, but some people have it so badly they can't even look at crumpets.

[kathie-d.livejournal.com]

Well, I've no problem with the wiki page, but image searching trypophobia is pure nightmare fuel. Normal disease disgust reaction with me though.

[skull-bearer.livejournal.com]

It's like arachnaphobia. Most people don't like spiders, but only some will go to pieces at the sight of one. This is pretty nasty for most people, but for me I literally cannot cope.

[ardeth30.livejournal.com]

*tilts head* Is it that lotus breast thing? Whoever Photoshopped that was a bastard. What has been seen cannot be unseen. *twitch* I don't often remember my dreams, but I do remember having nightmares the night I fell asleep after seeing that image.

First time I've heard about this phobia. It's got to be awkward, for want of a better way to put it. Phobias aren't easy to deal with,