Trypophobia, which may affect many people, is a term coined from the Greek words "trypa" (hole) and "phobos" (fear). The term ...

For many people the sight of holes can bring on a physical reaction. Trypophobia is believed to have evolutionary origins. Produced by Kevin Reilly. Original reporting by Jennifer Welsh.

Trypophobia is the fear of clusters of small circular holes or bumps, such as the holes in a sponge. The term has only existed since 2005, when it was coined on an online message board ...

I was eight or nine and my mother had let me out to play in the front yard after it snowed. As children sometimes do, I had purposely fallen down into the soft snow, and while on the ground, I ...

The 32-year-old graphic designer has trypophobia - a fear of repetitive patterns of holes. And she is far from alone: scientists estimate that the condition affects around 15% of the population.

I looked over a few feet to where melting water was dripping down from the gutter into a large mound of deep, drifted snow and making pinprick, closely packed, irregularly shaped holes in the snow.