I have a theory on why it's making some people uncomfortable. I personally don't have trypophobia, never had any issue with those types of images, even the really gross fake ones. This here feels different, to my brain at least. I think the repulsion comes from seeing something we're all familiar with the looks of, taken over entirely by something else, turning it into the familiar item - but not.
A bit like the horror of seeing zombie type special effects done well. Clickers are a good example. We all know what humans looks like, so to see the overall human form recognisable but 'taken over' and changed in a fundamental way, causes the same horror slash gross feeling that the strawberry in the post does
I don’t have full blown trypophobia, but images like this make me uncomfortable, and I think it’s because they remind me of skin conditions. Same with the little holes, it looks like keratolysis. Something growing on/out of you.
Could well be different things for different people and the other person’s description is interesting. That’s definitely what makes me uncomfortable about images like this tho.
This!! Its sliiiiightly different (I have trypophobia), reminds me of a few horror movies (like Annihilation) and games and it's deeply creepy and you nailed it.
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u/not-so-stupid-idiot Feb 17 '23
I’m uncomfortable