The weird fear of holes, which affects 15% of the world’s population, now has more clues.
We humans have countless fears, and that includes fear, from fear of the dark, fear of heights, fear of spiders, fear of water… And recently, scientists have also confirmed another association. A symptom that up to now 15% of the world’s population suffers: the fear of holes – trypophobia.
This syndrome was not initially recognized as a medical condition.
First appearing in 2005, this syndrome was not initially recognized as a medical condition. However, a lot of people said they felt really scared about the holes. Many cases of goosebumps, arrhythmia, even difficulty breathing.
And then through a number of studies, scientists have identified the reason why only a few people suffer from this strange syndrome: the brain is overloaded.
The bubbles in the coffee cup sometimes still make them shiver. (Image: Getty Images).
More specifically, according to Paul Hibbard – professor of psychology at the University of Essex (UK), textured hole-punch images can be said to be very uncomfortable, causing the area responsible for visual information analysis to fail. work effectively.
So to be able to process information, the brain will require more oxygen. However, for some people, asking for too much oxygen will overload the brain, and the body responds with sensations such as dizziness, nausea … to force these people to stop looking. .
Scientists are still continuing to study more about the mechanism that causes this syndrome. Initially, the reason was determined to be because of evolution, when the image of a hole also gives the same feeling as when seeing mold on food.
The uncomfortable feeling of looking at such shaped objects allows us humans to stay away from potentially toxic foods.