What Is Trypophobia?
DOES THE SIGHT of natural sponges, honeycomb cells, or the marketing images of the new iPhone 11 range make your skin crawl? You may be among thousands of people with trypophobia – an extreme aversion to clustered patterns of irregular holes or bumps. While viral images of lotus seed pods, pregnant Surinam toads and woodpeckers storing fruit in trees have triggered reactions from trypophobes online, the 2019 iPhone launch perhaps did more to raise awareness of the condition. Though anecdotally widespread, the phobia is not listed in the (), the diagnostic guide for mental disorders recognised by professional psychologists.
