Trypophobia - hole phobia

Trypophobia, sometimes misspelt as "tripophobia" is also known as the hole phobia or holes phobia as you may wan it. Whichever you call it, trypophobia is the irrational fear of clustered holes. It is discovered now however that it is not necessarily holes alone but most features that are clustered together and have irregular patterns as well all cause trypophobia.
 To get a full detailed explanation on the causes, symptoms and how to cure trypophobia, click HERE and view the full article. In this article, I'll be categorising trypophobia into 2 types based on the recent discovery that trypophobia is triggered in many individuals by different type of images. The 2 main types are:

i. Holes in skin/Trypophobia skin disease

ii. Holes in plants and insects or non-skin holes

Yes! Different people have trypophobia by different causes. I noticed personally that I get irritated with holes in skin rather than the holes in plants and insects while other clients say otherwise. Then there are people who actually have trypophobia of anything so long as it is having features such as the said clustered holes. Below is a brief explanation of the two types of trypophobia talked about earlier;

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i. Holes in skin
Holes in skin are usually pictures of infected skin people call trypophobia skin disease. Trypophobia skin disease appears as holes in skin and these skin holes however, are nearly all fake, if not all. These skin holes created by photo editors are meant to irritate you and I at the moment of writing this have trypophobia of skin holes cause of the mixture of the disgusting sight of tiny holes probably filled with infections and blood all over. Medical personnels are not so likely to have the fear of holes, I don't think I need to explain why but as for people like me, I hate seeing blood or open wounds in the first place, now adding clustered holes or patches of dark spots nearly just kills me. Knowing these skin holes are fake may also constitute to curing trypophobia ut have you ever been in a dream, knowing fully well its a dream but that monster chasing you still makes you run. I hope you get my point.
 Below are the awful trypophobic images I've been able to compile with my eyes closed, ok no, my eyes were open, therapy is actually working, how I'm putting my trpophobia under control is given right below, stay tuned.
 Give your honest description as to how you feel after viewing the following trypophobic images

ii. Trypophobia in plants and insects
Unlike the trypophobia skin disease, trypophobia here are the more natural types which include the fear of lotus holes and other types of holes developed on plants and insects and even some amphibians just working their normal day to day activities minding their own business while you sit there being irritated at their beauty, ok just kidding. Below are some pictures of non-skin pictures of trypophobia

Lotus holes are the leading causes of trypophobia in plants.
 The honeycomb is in turn the leading naturally occurring type of trypophobia caused by insects.

Other examples include the toad belky full of eggs and some others such as the following images

So, would you say you are trypophobic to the skin disease or the non skin holes or are you even trypophobic at all? Or was it both, please let me know in the comments sections, your comments are much appropriated, thank you. 
How to cure trypophobia
Trypophobia like some other phobias is actually really easy to cure - take it from an ex trypophobic patient (me! well not complete yet as at this time). Check out some ways on how to overcome phobia including trypophobia and other types of phobia on your own and be a free man or woman like me! I specially compiled a list of useful safe ways to overcome phobia of any sort at the comfort of your home given it works for you, thank me later!


 So, which type of trypophobia do you have let me know in the comments below thanks!

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Trypophobia - the Fear of Holes

The fear of holes, trypophobia is a type of phobia where the patient is afraid or rather irritated by clustered and irregular pattern of holes. I, along with 15% of the world's population are said to be trypophobic, so you're not alone!(if that makes you feel any better). Trypophobia was rumoured to have been identified just 2005 making it a rather new type of phobia compared to the others.
 Although it is called the "fear of holes", trypophobia is actually more likened to irritation and disgust because most trypophobic patients (like myself) on seeing irregular patterns or tiny holes feel like squashing or destroying such object or just the fear of having the phobia of holes on their actual skin.

Test for trypophobia
If you're irritated by the following images, then you are most likely a trypophobic.

Symptoms of trypophobia
The above images make goosebumps rise all over my body, itching sensation all over and one feels like squashing the darn images at times and other times just crawling under the bed and crying like a big fat cry baby. Those are the rather mild symptoms of the phobia of holes. The more common symptoms of trypophobia include
*increased heart rate
*heavy breathing
*uncontrolled trembling
*dizziness
*throwing up or just feeling so
 Those are the few among the many symptoms of trypophobia. It is also observed that people get trypophobic symptoms by different type of images for instance a person might feel the symptoms of trypophobia by seeing the picture of holes on plants or non-living things and reverse is the case for others. This is just a few among the many instances however. The 2 main causes of trypohobia has been explained here.


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Causes of trypophobia
Trypophobia, unlike the other phobias doesn't exactly have a known cause, however, scientists as always, have come up with the possible causes of the fear of holes which they mentioned it being the work of the brain. They further explain saying it is actually the brain that is said to be trypophobic and its trying to associate the holes with some kind of danger. This was concluded while interviewing some clients and the summary is given as follows:

i. The brain sees danger in such objects and wishes to keep them away example is the blue ringed octopus whose poison is enough to kill a man.
ii. Past experiences such as chicken pox, severe skin rashes and the likes may cause a permanent scar in the memory.
iii. The sight of holes in the body caused by parasites or infections(image 3) can get a person scared of such ever happening to them.
iv. A breed of octopus actually have suction tubes in their tentacles that are poisonous and thus, the neeed for survival at all costs arises the fear of holes, trypohobia.
 Others unfortuately, like me just don't have really have a known reason yet. I mean, why would you be irritated by a sweet yummy honeycomb?

How to cure trypophobia
 Curing trypophobia might be easy or hard or both! As a victim, I came across some ways to cure trypophobia myself and so I made an article with all the gathered knowledge on "How to Overcome Phobia". These methods have frankly helped up to this moment i'm writing this, to reduce but not YET completely eradicate the fear of holes I'm having( because i am not so persistent). Who knows, by the time you're reading this, i might just have already completely overcome my phobia of holes. Other methods include the popular Cognitive Behavioural Therapy which requires the service of an expert. Always remember however, that you can always avoid seeing trypophobic images making trypophobia one of the easiest avoidable phobias, how often do you see a bunch of irregular pattern holes anyways? To round it up, there is little we know today about trypophobia and in fact is not officially recognised as a phobia.

Do you think you're trypophobic? How did you feel after seeing those images? Kindly comment below, your response will highly be appreciated!

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