Trypophobia - aka WHY DOES THIS MAKE ME SO UNCOMFORTABLE

[From The Uncanny Valley]

what about blackheads

 

[Bugaboo]

I think this might have something to do with how we perceive things as gross. Like poop is bad because it's full of dangerous bacertia so most normal people have the built in instinct hat poop is nasty. In the same way maybe things with a lot of little holes is gross because like food filled with maggots or whatever and it's some kind of primal reaction.

I dunno, I ain't no scientific lady

 

[Cosmos]

I think this might have something to do with how we perceive things as gross. Like poop is bad because it's full of dangerous bacertia so most normal people have the built in instinct hat poop is nasty. In the same way maybe things with a lot of little holes is gross because like food filled with maggots or whatever and it's some kind of primal reaction.

I dunno, I ain't no scientific lady

The fact that holes on bodies (even though most of them are just photoshops) seem to evoke extreme revulsion even in people who aren't bothered by other holes seems to support this. It looks like disease so we're naturally repulsed by it.

Many phobias stem from a primal reaction (people being afraid of snakes/spiders because many snakes/spiders are poisonous, people being afraid of heights because falling from a height will injure/kill you, people being afraid of dogs because dogs can really fuck you up if they want to, etc), so trypophobia probably isn't much different.

 

[Witlich]

It's not so much a phobia for me than it is just a physical reaction -- I get itchy all over when I see such photos.

 

[Staffy]

These doesn't scare me, but they make me a little irritable I admit.

To describe that more clearly, I see these things as something that should be purged.

 

[Cyclonus]

I revived this thread just to say I am sick and tired of seeing ads for this fucking shirt all over the Web.

 

[Wraith]

Don't play Battletech / Mechwarrior.
First because it's secretly pozzed.
Second because missile tubes. Missile tubes everywhere.

 

[Kabuki Actor]

JESUS CHRIST HOW HORRIFYING

I did get nauseous when looking at that, but it might have been a delayed reaction to the photoshop immediately preceding yours.

 

[MarineTrainedTard]

Don't play Battletech / Mechwarrior.
First because it's secretly pozzed.
Second because missile tubes. Missile tubes everywhere.
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Goddamn I love these goofy fuckin' Battletech mechs

 

[Clockwork_PurBle]

I read somewhere the theory behind trypophobia (which hasn't been recognized as an official phobia yet) is that clusters of holes like that can cause the brain of some people to associate it with puncture wounds, open wounds, insect bites and stings, etc. and they have a freakout.

 

[UntimelyDhelmise]

Here's one that I haven't seen brought up much; the heat pits of emerald tree boas.

And as a bonus, they have an absolutely menacing set of fangs (they aren't venomous, but you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of those nonetheless).

 

[NotNomad]

Here's one that I haven't seen brought up much; the heat pits of emerald tree boas.
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And as a bonus, they have an absolutely menacing set of fangs (they aren't venomous, but you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of those nonetheless).
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I don't know man, that snake is lookin' pretty cute to me

 

[Curt Sibling]

I have made-up-phobias-from-the-internet-a-phobia.

 

[Damien Thorne]

When I see the photoshops of those tiny holes on people’s bodies, I can’t help but to think that shit would hurt like a motherfucker if it were real.

 

[UntimelyDhelmise]

I don't know man, that snake is lookin' pretty cute to me

Agreed (snakes are precious noodles), but think from the perspective of someone who's scared of snakes and has trypophobia. Even as a kid I thought their mouths looked, off. Like they were rotting or something.

 

[mr.moon1488]

If someone is curious about this kind of thing, I'd recommend taking this test. https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/ITM/ I'm pretty skeptical when it comes to IATs, but this is one of the more interesting ones I've seen.

 

[Clockwork_PurBle]

Just saw a clip of what I believe was probably Black Panther (never seen it) and the guy with the scar dots all over his body? Yeah that made my skin crawl.

 

[Cyclonus]

Ironically, one of the worst I've ever seen was in that other thread making fun of trypophobic tumblrites for being special snowflakes. Gentlemen, I present to you: trypophobia porn.

Spoiler: You may never achieve erections again

 

[JektheDumbass]

Sometimes I get squicked out by holes, sometimes I want to gnaw on them. Like honeycombs have the latter effect on me.

 

[Cyclonus]

How did we have this thread without this famous image

Spoiler

For some reason, the knees are the worst part.