Dude my Trypophobia is kicking. Iโm shaking๐ pic.twitter.com/KIH3vYOBd6
โ SinBโจ (@Hwang_SinBYAH) September 10, 2019I am convinced I suffer from Trypophobia. When I saw the iPhone 11 Pro I felt sick ๐ญ๐ฑ
โ NALINI (@MsTelemaque) September 11, 2019iPhone 11 is not for people with Trypophobia ... aka me *Shudders* #iPhone11Pro
โ Naa Solih (@NaaSolih) September 11, 2019I actually cannot deal with all these memes of the new future iPhones having so many back cameras its so uncomfortable to see ๐คข๐คข๐คข๐คข๐คข๐คข proper activating the trypophobia I have suppressed within me
โ Z๐ผ (@txyyxzx) September 11, 2019every time i come across a picture of the new iphone i feel sick.... who thought that was a good idea bro. trypophobia hitting the roof
โ lins โพ namjooning ๐ฆ (@gcfkookmin) September 11, 2019That new iPhone 11 Plus Max Pro Ultra is really scary#iPhone11Pro #iPhone #iPhone11#trypophobia pic.twitter.com/DhT8lUJOfZ
โ ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ซ๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ (@qu3ai) September 11, 2019people using the iphone 11R as publicity material for the new iphone because the other models look scary (and gross) #trypophobia ๐คฎ๐ฌ https://t.co/BrvShPoII8
โ chin (@ramosernestine) September 11, 2019
iPhone 11 pro max : trypophobia
Nokia 9 : Am I joke to you? pic.twitter.com/a8OAazouht
All these folk talking about the iPhone 11 and #trypophobia havenโt seen the Xbox One S, have they? ๐ pic.twitter.com/4CSmI5qLyh
โ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ The Scots Gamer ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (@MultiplatGamer) September 10, 2019Whoever designed the new Apple Mac Pro clearly does not have trypophobia. #WWDC19 pic.twitter.com/djS9p6fnrz
โ Shawn Ahmed (@uncultured) June 3, 2019The iPhone 11 leaks triggers my trypophobia. ๐ #ApppleLaunchingEvent pic.twitter.com/3VclNSZAYt
โ donbosconovitch (@donbosconovitch) September 10, 2019my pancake is killing me ๐ฃ๐ #trypophobia pic.twitter.com/NxSCFXU7AN
โ i r f a n i s r y (@irfanisry) September 9, 2019The study titled "Fear of Holes," by Geoff G. Cole and Arnold J. Wilkins, found that up to 15% of people (18% of females and 11% of males) become viscerally upset after looking at images of clustered holes or bumps.
"Trypophobia is more akin to disgust than to fear," Wilkins told Business Insider in 2015. "The disgust is probably an overgeneralisation of a reaction to possible contaminants."
"The disgust arises from clusters of objects, and these objects are not necessarily holes, despite the name trypophobia," Wilkins continued.
Sources: Sage, Business Insider
The same study featured a quote from a trypophobe describing a triggering episode:
"[I] can't really face small, irregularly or asymmetrically placed holes, they make me like, throw up in my mouth, cry a little bit, and shake all over, deeply."
Sources: Sage, Business Insider
"There may be an ancient evolutionary part of the brain telling people that they are looking at a poisonous animal," Cole said in a 2013 press release.
"The disgust we feel may well give us an evolutionary advantage, even if we don't know it consciously, because it sends people with trypophobia running as far as possible from the holey-looking thing," Jennifer Welsh wrote for Business Insider in 2015.
Sources: Sage, Business Insider
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