Phobia about holes is not officially recognized, but UK scientists look into it

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/phobia-about-holes-is-not-officially-recognized-but-uk-scientists-look-into-it/2012/10/01/c1797a8c-dff0-11e1-a421-8bf0f0e5aa11_story.html

by chwolfe • 14 years ago

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halbermensch• 14 years ago

Have to admit I'm not exactly afraid... but kinda spooked out by those dried lotus seedpods

georgemcbay• 14 years ago

Same here. I don't have an issue with holes in general but those lotus seedpod things are kind of creepy.

rdtsc• 14 years ago

There is something mildly disturbing about it and I can't figure out why. I try to sort of will it way and then I kept clicking and looking back it, but it still bothers me.

Feint1• 14 years ago

I actually have a phobia of lotus plants. It was bad enough that I couldn't look at that picture without almost passing out. (It would have been nice if you'd put a warning in the title).

I can't really explain why it has such an affect on me, but it's pretty nice to know I'm not alone.

fabricode• 14 years ago

Maybe because scary things crawl out of dark holes? Because you can drop things into holes & not get them out? Because you can hurt your little finger putting it into holes where it doesn't belong? How about Flash Gordon's Trial by Treebeast?

Phobia about holes is not officially recognized, but UK scientists look into it

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