Most of us are familiar with classic phobias like the fear of spiders or heights. Those get a lot of attention. Perhaps too ...

Does honeycomb upset you? Would Swiss cheese ruin your day? It appears that trypophobia – or fear of holes – is a genuine phenomenon, as shown by the first scientific study of it. Professor Geoff Cole ...

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, ...

What the fuck is trypophobia? Trypophobia is a feeling of disgust or fear induced by observing clusters of usually innocuous objects, often small holes. Symptoms may include goosebumps, revulsion, ...

Michelle Chouraqui's mom was only trying to make the house smell nice; what she did was make her daughter vomit. The air freshener, which contained scented wax, was almost empty, leaving "circular ...

When Amanda was 12, her mother took her to the doctor because she was scared by the sight of Swiss cheese. Seeded bread made her sweaty and anxious. And Amanda would ...

Trypophobia - or the fear of holes - may not be a real phobia after all, a new study has suggested. The term, which was first coined in 2005 and made its rounds on social media, has quickly become a ...