Do these photos disgust you? Scientists are wondering why
The term "trypophobia" gets its name from the word "trypo", "hole" in ancient Greek. The more we go on, the more we discover the existence of incredible fears such as the fear of white, the fear of the mother-in-law and the fear of being oneself.
Some studies suggest that about one in 5 women suffer from trypophobia, which is not considered a real phobia, but a disorder characterized by severe disgust, itching, tremor and even vomiting and dizziness. This disturbance arises from the presence of nearby holes or lumps, in a more or less symmetrical way, and which we perceive as if it were the most terrible thing on the planet.
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Arnold Wilkins, an English psychologist, notes that it is not only holes that cause discomfort, although the name of this fear is "trypophobia", and that the feeling of discomfort can also be accompanied by other types of drawings, generally very large sets of objects. neighbors.
The 2013 study
Psychologist Wilkins, supported by a colleague, were convinced that trypophobia is triggered by survival mechanisms, as trypophobic reactions occur even in the face of dangerous animals, such as poisonous octopuses, puffers and stonefish. This study was done in 2013 and seemed to be perfectly logical: we all have trypophobic behavior, some more and some less, and we manifest them because we have a strong sense of conservation of the species, if we believe that an "image is dangerous, we do what we can. to look away or, more likely, to get away from it.
The adjustments of 2017
In April 2017, some researchers reproposed the study in China and analyzed the reactions of children in front of photos of animals considered dangerous to humans, but they destroyed the certainties of Dr. Wilkins: no correlation between disgust and desire to survive. .
At this point it would seem that it is a simple annoyance, such as the hateful scratching of a fork against the bottom of the pot.
The conclusions
To date we still do not know if the purpose of trypophobia is to make us survive, what is certain is that these sets of holes and bumps give us a lot of annoyance too: that's why we need to recover ...
