What is a phobia?
Phobias are persistent and intense fears of a particular:
object
person (like a doctor or clown)
situation
activity
If you have a phobia, you may experience severe anxiety and panic attacks when you’re:
exposed to the object or situation you’re fearful of
thinking about the thing you’re afraid of
anticipating an encounter with the item you’re scared of
It’s pretty bad, and also feels very insensible most of the time. I immediately get chills down the back of my neck if spot something that has irregularly shaped holes (like those stupid dry ball things that white people keep in decorative bowls in their foyer) and if I try to actually look at it I start to panic. Like, it’s just holes, I guess it makes about as much sense as any other phobia.