Incredibly, triphobobia - the fear of holes and holes, is by far one of the most common phobias.
They are many and they are terrible!
Persons suffering from it experience unaccountable horror and disgust before the accumulation of numerous holes, most often of small size. They can be scared to death by a packing bubble film or ordinary porous chocolate. To the unhappy "possessor" of triphophobia, it seems that there is something terrible in these tiny holes and at the sight of cluster cluster of small holes, he may feel a feeling of nausea, shivering, nervous itching, or even a feeling that his skin starts to slowly go off.
Where are the fears?
Psychologists believe that the roots of such fear of holes and holes must be sought in our distant past. Apparently, in prehistoric times, people came across some form of life (it could be both animals and plants), which has a similar shape and carries a danger in the form of poison or some nerve agent. Human genetic memory tries not to throw anything out of its archives (you never know what can come in handy). Just one information (the one that, most likely, will not be needed in the near future), it pushes away, and another, more necessary, stores on easily extractable files. The genetic memory of triphofobs somehow decided that now is the time to protect its "master" from the danger, proceeding, in her opinion, from the numerous holes collected in one place and awarding him with fear of repeated holes. But do not rush to blame her for being unreasonable. In the modern animal world, many representatives with a similar appearance are enough. For example, a ringed octopus or cobra, whose skin is very similar to a cluster of cluster holes. And both of these creatures, notice, are poisonous. So, we can say that in people suffering from triphophobia, genetic memory is simply reinsured.
Often, such a phobia becomes so acute that a person has a fear of holes in the body, and it's not just about holes for piercing, but even about simple pores on the skin. Such a triphobob seems to be that some dangerous microorganisms or worms can live in them.
Fear of small holes can manifest itself in fear of honey combs, whose roots are also most likely in the cave age, when bees appeared to be much larger
Methods of treatment
Treatment of triphophobia depends on the stage of its development. If the patient simply experiences discomfort at the sight of holes, then usually there is enough breathing exercises or visual observation of beautiful, relaxing images, changing pictures with holes. Gradually, people cease to be afraid of them. But if the fear of the holes has passed to a particularly acute stage, in which convulsions and convulsions are possible, then medicamentous therapy is already being used, aimed at removing the existing psychosomatic symptoms.