Picture a boat hull covered with barnacles, a dried lotus seed pod, milk bubbles on a latte, or a honeycomb. Images of these objects are harmless—unless you're one of the millions of people suffering ...

People with trypophobia, or a fear of clusters of small holes, know which triggers to avoid. Soap bubbles, lotus seed pods, and the insides of cantaloupes can all induce panic and revulsion in people ...

A recent study has revealed that people who feel immense anxiety on seeing bubbles on their coffee are suffering from a peculiar phobia known as Trypophobia. It has a strong existence in people around ...

Does the sight of soap bubbles, aerated chocolate or a lotus flower seed pod bring you out in a cold sweat and make you feel panicky? If so, you could be a sufferer of one of the most common phobias ...

Do you know about the irrational fear of clustered holes or bumps? It is a rare condition called trypophobia, which is not formally recognised as a unique psychological condition in the Diagnostic and ...

Does the above picture of a lotus seed pod freak you out? If so, there’s a chance you suffer from trypophobia, the fear of small holes in certain configurations. You know what else apparently could ...

The fear of clusters of small holes, like this lotus seed head, may not be a phobia (Liuyushan/Getty Images) Trypophobia, which is commonly known as fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small ...

We all know people who suffer from phobias, from being scared of the dark to having an irrational fear of flying. But one of the less common phobias is trypophobia. Officially defined as a "fear of ...