Kendall Jenner is a 'trypophobic'

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia

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Trypophobia

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Trypophobia
The holes in lotus seed heads have been claimed to cause anxiety in some people.[1]
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	F40.2
ICD-9-CM	300.29
MeSH	C562465
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Trypophobia is a proposed phobia (intense, irrational fear) of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps.^[2][3] The term is believed to have been coined by a participant in an online forum in 2005.^[4] The word is from the Greek: τρύπα, trýpa, meaning "hole" and φόβος, phóbos, meaning “fear”.^[4]

Trypophobia is not the name of a diagnosis in the American Psychological Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and it is rarely used in scientific literature, according to Jennifer Abbasi of Popular Science.^[1][4] Abbasi said, "professionals who study and treat phobias tend not to use all the Latin and Greek names that get tossed around on message boards and in the press."^[4] However, on blogs and in internet forums, thousands of people claim to have trypophobia.^[1][4][5] Psychiatrist Carol Mathews said, "There might really be people out there with phobias to holes, because people can really have a phobia to anything, but just reading what's on the Internet, that doesn't seem to be what people actually have." According to Mathews, most people writing online are likely disgusted by these types of images without meeting criteria for a real phobia.^[5]

Arnold Wilkins and Geoff Cole of the University of Essex's Centre for Brain Science were the first scientists to publish on the phenomenon. They believe the reaction is based on a biological revulsion, rather than a learned cultural fear. In a 2013 article in Psychological Science, Wilkins and Cole write that the reaction is based on a brain response that associates the shapes with danger. Shapes that elicit a reaction were said to include clustered holes in innocuous contexts such as fruit and bubbles, and in contexts associated with danger, such as holes made by insects and holes in wounds and diseased tissue such as those caused by mango worms in animals, especially dogs. Upon seeing these shapes, some people said they shuddered, felt their skin crawl, experienced panic attacks, sweated, palpitated, and felt nauseated or itchy.^[6] Some said the holes seemed "disgusting and gross" or that "something might be living inside those holes".^[1][7][8] Psychiatrist Carol Mathews believes that the responses are more likely from priming and conditioning.^[5]

A website, trypophobia.com, describes the phenomenon with videos and images. Images containing clusters of holes are presented in an arrangement that claims to rank the likelihood they will induce fear. Early images in the series include fruits such as oranges and pomegranates. Then, clusters of holes with a possible association with danger are presented, such as honeycombs, frogs, and insects and arachnids. Finally, images feature wounds and diseases. Using data from the site, Wilkins and Cole analyzed example images and believe that the images had "unique characteristics".^[9] They state that the reaction behind the phobia was an "unconscious reflex reaction" based on a "primitive portion of the brain that associates the image with something dangerous".^[6][7] In another research article, Le, Cole and Wilkins developed a symptom questionnaire that they say can be used to identify trypophobia.^[2]

 

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Kendall Jenner has gone public with her trypophobia battle.

In a blog post on Monday, the model and reality TV star revealed she's terrified by irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps.

"Anyone who knows me knows that I have really bad trypophobia," the 20-year-old wrote." Trypophobics are afraid of tiny little holes that are in weird patterns.

"Things that could set me off are pancakes, honeycomb or lotus heads (the worst!). It sounds ridiculous but so many people actually have it! I can't even look at little holes - it gives me the worst anxiety. Who knows what's in there???"

Kendall also suffers from panic attacks, according to her mother Kris Jenner.

The Kardashian/Jenner matriarch recently revealed she had to fly to London to accompany her daughter home to Los Angeles during a recent episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, because Kendall couldn't make the trip alone.

"Kendall had a really awful night last night flying to Paris because she gets really bad panic attacks and anxiety," she told daughter Kim Kardashian. "I don't know what to do."

And the Estee Lauder spokeswoman revealed she's the shy Kardashian clan member earlier this year in a post on her website, writing: "When I think something, I don't usually say it, which is fine. It's more that I'm introverted."

"I never had anxiety about it. I knew it was part of who I am and I owned it... I only get shy if I'm around people who make me nervous, which I guess is normal."