• @[email protected]
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        2019 hours ago

        Like most phobias I think most people experience discomfort with this imagery but to really have a phobia it needs to be an unreasonable level of anxiety I think.

        IDK why we have a hard wired aversion to these. It might be a vestigial response to some kind of predator or danger which is no longer relevant.

        • @SendMePhotos
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          318 hours ago

          I think that it disgusts me and makes me extremely uncomfortable. I would avoid it at all costs and I would probably freak out if I wound up unknowingly close to it. It is a weird type of fear. I can’t explain why but my body will insist I stay far the hell away.

      • @Wabbitsmiles
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        323 hours ago

        It’s a fear of looking at things with a lot of holes

        • TinyShonk
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          823 hours ago

          They’re implying botfly larvae are similar because they burrow into your skin.

          • @tamal3
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            719 hours ago

            Those vile frogs where the babies hatch out of the back of the mother. Do I have this phobia, or is that also the most unnerving thing YOU’ve ever seen?

    • @latenightnoir
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      131 day ago

      I didn’t even understand what I was seeing and I started shivering instantly. Now feel a deep urge to scrub my skin with steel wool.