Ever since I was a kid, I have had an aversion to things with tightly packed circles in or on them, the classic example being a honeycomb or wasp's nest. I get very uneasy when they are in my presence, and in the case of the latter, I am not satisfied unless they are destroyed with extreme prejudice. Other things that remind me of that pattern also sicken me, and even mentioning mumps, measles, chicken pox, boils, hives, or even severe acne is enough to make me itchy, sick to my stomach, and even sometimes break out in hives.
I've mentioned this to various people over the years, and without exception, everyone's found it weird. I've never met anyone else who's felt the same way about little clusters of circles or hemispheres, and some people, like
redcoast, enjoy poking at it by mentioning hives in conversation and watching me squirm. I found out today, though, that I'm not alone in my condition, and that it's apparently common enough to have its own name -
trypophobia.
I discovered this through a hijack of a thread on the SDMB where someone linked to the snopes article on the
lotus pod breast, which includes a photoshopped picture of a human breast with a "larval infection". I was already well-acquainted with the thing, having been linked to it years ago, and it's haunted my nightmares ever since. I am not exaggerating at all when I say that I cannot think of anything more disgusting, and if Hell existed, my body or those I was forced to interact with would be covered in those holes and bumps. Apparently, plenty of other people share the same aversion, and both the original thread and
one I started to discuss it are full of people freaking out over it.
Tags: links, phobias, sdmb, trypophobia
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