[tl89]

i recently discovered by way of the internet that this fear is not so unheard of... it's called trypophobia and i think it's kind of like you can get all freaked out by holes and clusters..for me it's cracks too... my skin just crawls even when i picture it. It happens with certain cheese and holes in the ground...tiny little ones eew that bugs can crawl out of..i wonder if anyone else is disturbed by a pomegranate after it has been cut open even discussing this makes me itchy all over. and cracks in things. i work at mcdees and a friend of mine picked all the sesame seeds out of a bun just to bug me it was sick i freaked. ick.,anyone else?

[Debbie]

Hi,

I to experience the same things that you described from very similar things that you mentioned. I thought it was just me until my fiance told me that he had heard that was a name for this type of phobia, hence why I came across your post.

I freak out when I see holes and clusters, such things such as honeycombe, holes in cheese, even holes is speakers, even I even freaked at the air bubbles that appeared in the white of an egg after I had poached it! It is so bizarre and I feel really silly as sometimes these things reduce to me tears. I get goose pimples all over my body and like you, I feel like my skin is crawling.

I am so pleased it isn't just me. People think it is really funny and strange but it is no laughing matter for me, as I get older it is getting worse.

Have you seen anyone about it? I would love to try and determine why thi shappens to me.

[Boblee]

This is actually a pretty common phobia. I freak about completely when I see holes in cheeses of all things. You can see a few people talking about trypophobia here. I don't know where this fear stems from but knowing this could maybe help overcome it.