Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps. It is not officially recognized as a mental disorder, but may be diagnosed as a specific phobia if excessive fear and distress occur. People may express only disgust to trypophobic imagery. Exposure therapy is a possible treatment.
About Trypophobia in brief
Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps. It is not officially recognized as a mental disorder, but may be diagnosed as a specific phobia if excessive fear and distress occur. People may express only disgust to trypophobic imagery. Exposure therapy is a possible treatment. The term trypophobia was coined by a participant in an online forum in 2005. It has since become a popular topic on social media. Trypophobia may manifest as a reaction of fear, disgust, or both. Several possible causes have been proposed, including a biological revulsion based on a revulsion, rather than a learned cultural fear. Researchers have also speculated thattrypophobic reactions could be perceived as cues to infectious disease, which could be alerts that give one a survival advantage.
The symptoms include goose bumps, body shakes, feeling uncomfortable, and visual discomfort such as eyestrain, distortions, or illusions. In one study, most of the participants withtrypophobia met the DSM-5 criteria for specific phobic, even though they experienced disgust instead of fear when shown imagery of clusters of holes; however, they did not meet the distress or impairment criterion. In a study by Kupfer and Le, trypophobes showed significant aversion to disease-relevant cluster images, while non-trypophiles showed no aversion to them. A significant minority of those with try pophobia meet the DSM–compulsive disorder criteria for obsessive–compulsory disorder.
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