Eli5 – what causes trypophobia to trigger the body

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I have trypophobia which is the fear of certain designs with holes in it. It causes me to start itc hing and i get a goosebump like feeling all over. Sometimes I also get the same reaction to glitchy audio. Can someone explain why this occurs? I read that maybe its a survival instinct but idk. Thanks in advance

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i have an unnatural fear of glitchy audio/screens too. i dont know why. but to be fair, theres a bunch of other people in the world with crazy, unexplainable, wild fears. theres a phobia of almost anything you can imagine. phobias can be based off of a reason (childhood trauma, general trauma, bad experiences) or no reason at all. for phobias. that dont have a reason, my best guess is just that all brains are wired differently!

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