Common phobia you have never heard of: Fear of holes may stem from evolutionary survival response

Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 09:20 in Biology & Nature

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 you have never heard of -- trypophobia, or the fear of holes.

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