Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. 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 ...

Ever stumbled across a close-up image of an octopus tentacle and felt a sudden wave of disgust wash over you? If you answered "yes," then you, my friend, might just have trypophobia. "Try what?" you ...

Fear is triggered when a danger or a stimulus predicting immediate danger is perceived, with its role being to prepare the body to face this danger. Trypophobia, an intense fear of clustered small ...

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 ...

A woman who is terrified of lines and holes “suffered in silence” for more than 30 years before speaking about her phobia, afraid people would think that she was a “freak”. Samantha Harradine has ...