Are You a Trypophobic? Stay Away From Holes
Quick! What's trypophobia ? It's a fear you've probably never heard of. It's being afraid of holes. Granted, we all have our phobias. I'm not too crazy about snakes, or being trapped between two cars waiting for the drive-up ATM, or even hair in the shower drain (ugh). But fear of holes is a new one for me, and how you explain it, I'll leave up to medicaldaily.com. " Although it has yet to be recognized formally in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) , many scientists and psychologists maintain the clinical existence of trypophobia – a bizarre, visceral aversion to clusters of holes," the Web site reports. In most cases, the fear circles around both natural and artificial objects, "including honeycombs, lotus seed pods, crumpets, and even coral structures." Phobic stimuli can even cause migraines, panic attacks, hot sweats, and surges in heart rates in sufferers, facts medicaldaily.com attributes ...