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[-] Wabbitsmiles@lemmy.world 165 points 1 month ago
[-] abcd@feddit.org 33 points 1 month ago
[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 month 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.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I think it signals severe ailment, like blisters, pox diseases, etc

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month 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.

[-] ThoGot@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

These kinds of pictures remind me of some type of weird infection

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago

Gives me feeling of burning the sickness out!

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It looks like spider eggs and eyes.

[-] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Were you to wake up one day with something like this in the skin of your leg (it can happen), I think you would realize why it can become a phobia 🤣 Also, I hope that never happens!

[-] ChaoticCookie@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Woah what a coincidence! Same here!

[-] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 month ago

Oh, you talking about bot flies?

[-] Wabbitsmiles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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

[-] TinyShonk@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

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

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month 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?

[-] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

How can I unsee this comment?

[-] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month 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.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I wanna touch it

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