The fear of clustered holes, known as trypophobia, affects about 16 percent of participants according to research from the University of Essex. This weird phobia gets triggered by everyday objects ...

Picture this – you're scrolling through your phone and suddenly see an image of a lotus seed pod, or maybe a close-up of honeycomb. Your skin crawls, you feel nauseous, and you quickly scroll away.

Imagine you're scrolling through TikTok and come across an image of a lotus seed pod or sponge. You might not think much about it, but some people instantly feel sick. Their skin crawls, they feel ...

Amongf the first to study the fear were psychological scientists Arnold Wilkins and Geoff Cole of the University of Essex in Colchester, England. In a paper published in 2013, they presented the ...