Ads for this season of 'American Horror Story' are giving people panic attacks - here's the science behind it
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Trypophobia, this fear of clustered holes, bumps, and similar patterns, affects around 15% of the general population.
Some researchers think that the fear is an evolutionary instinct ingrained in humans to avoid dangerous, hole-covered formations in nature, like bee-hives or other poisonous structures.
In this season of "American Horror Story: Cult," actress Sarah Paulson's character suffers from trypophobia, and as CNN notes, her overwhelming fear in the first episode of holes in her souffle and a piece of coral in her therapist's office has also affected viewers with the same condition.
One woman, Jennifer Adresen, told CNN that she had a "full-blown panic attack" with nausea upon seeing the show's promotional posters for the first time.
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Many people have since taken to Twitter to complain about the show's preoccupation with holes as a triggering mechanism. Some have even diagnosed themselves as having trypophobia.
"American Horror Story: Cult" airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on FX.
The scariest part of #AHS is all these tiny holes all over the place. They have me looking at people's pores all kinds of different.
- ✌MM♥ (@BMM194) September 20, 2017
If they show those little holes this episode, I quit. #AHSCult #AHS
- Ayana Fakhir (@lawgurrl) September 20, 2017
I thought I was the only one that was disgusted by a cluster of holes. Trypophobia is the reason why I can't watch the new season of AHS. :(
- Cynthia (@cyn_fox) September 19, 2017
watching the new season of AHS and Sara Paulson's character has a phobia of tightly grouped together holes, and now i don't feel so weird.
- Devòn (@devonrobinson97) September 17, 2017
Noooo AHS is making my anxiety go through the roof with all the clowns and my trypohobia #AmericanHorrorStory #cult
- jaderrsss (@bellavitaoxxo) September 6, 2017
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