From past few days I am suffering from a phobia namely Trypophobia (as described) on the Internet. Some people posted a fake photo on net which contains lot of wholes in our skin with some insects coming out of it. And at present whenever I see small holes in my surrounding, the image struck to my mind and it makes me feel very uncomfortable. It seems to me as if something is moving around my body as soon as the image struck to my mind. Please help me. Thank You.

Mr. P. RajanPsychologist26yrs exp

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Dear lybrate user. As you rightly said it is only an irrational fear (phobia), i.e., fear without any fact or proper reason. Trypophobia is not the name of a diagnosis in the American Psychological Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). If possible, you can seek the help of skin specialists (Dearmatologists) in your location to gather some knowledge about this condition, because it comes under their domain so that you will come to a conclusion that there is no such problem exists. One more suggestion is, try to find some other kind of internet-made phobia (just to distract you from your current state of mind). 

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