Reliable figures are hard to come by, but some researchers believe we will see an uptick in cases. It might not even be a phobia, because new research suggests it is triggered by disgust.
But like much information on the web, descriptions of the condition are misleading. You can follow links to pictures of sponges and the perforated heads of flowers that claim to test and diagnose you. There isn’t much in the medical textbooks about this condition, but you can find lots of information online about how it is a fear of holes. But by the time she saw the doctor, Amanda couldn’t even look at the seeds in a strawberry without anguish.Ī psychiatrist said that Amanda (not her real name) had trypophobia. Trypophobia means 'fear of holes', but it typically refers to the fear of clustered holes, such as aerated chocolate, crumpets, honeycombs, and lotus-seed heads. Ever since Amanda was a toddler, she had refused to eat certain types of bread or drink raspberry juice because she hated the feel of the textures in her mouth. The only previous clue to her discomfort had come from her fussy eating. One day, she fled in terror from the family bathroom while it was being repaired after spotting its exposed and perforated concrete walls. And Amanda would cry out when she saw pictures of empty honeycomb. The psychologists concluded that trypophobia is likely a fear that is part of an evolutionary function to avoid things that could make us sick.
Seeded bread made her sweaty and anxious.
When Amanda was 12, her mother took her to the doctor because she was scared by the sight of Swiss cheese.
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