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Phobias can range from the completely understandable — like aerophobia, the fear of flying — to the less serious — erythophobia, the fear of blushing. But, ultimately, fears are fears and they’re not ...

You may have heard of various ‘phobias’ such as ornithophobia, claustrophobia, hydrophobia and more, but trypophobia is probably the most disturbing, strange and unheard of them all. Read on to know ...

There was a brief but unforgettable period in the late 2010s — specifically 2017-2018 — when the internet collectively decided it had a phobia of holes. One BuzzFeed quiz, a few cursed lotus pod ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Does the lotus fruit image above make your skin crawl? Up to 15% of people (18% of females and 11% of males) become viscerally upset after looking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The three-camera design of the new iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max is triggering people's trypophobia [Photo: AP/Tony Avelar] Apple has ...

If just looking at honeycomb is enough to make your skin crawl, you might suffer from trypophobia. Trypophobia, or the fear of small holes, only came to the attention of scientists in 2013, but ...

Do sponges make you feel afraid, anxious or disgusted? How about honeycombs? Or strawberries? If so, you might have trypophobia − the fear of clusters of small holes. Though rare as far as phobias go, ...

When some people look at the above photo of a harmless lotus seed head, the skin on their necks crawl, their hearts flutter, their shoulders tighten, and they shiver, breaking out in goosebumps. What ...