14 DAY TRIAL // Oh boy, Apple certainly didn’t see this coming. It looks like the design of the company’s latest and greatest product, the iPhone 11, triggers what is called trypophobia.
In just a few words, trypophobia is the fear of small holes, and apparently, the iPhone 11 comes with a design that creeps out folks suffering from it.
While for some people the fear of small holes is something that’s as impossible as it is funny, trypophobia has been around since at least 2005, and it apparently affects a growing number of individuals all over the world.
According to research published by VeryWellMind, trypophobia has no treatment, albeit the therapies that have previously proved to be effective in the case of other phobias could help here too.
So what does trypophobia have to do with the new iPhone 11?
Too many holes on the iPhone 11
As it turns out, the three cameras on the back and the small hole for the microphone trigger this fear for small holes, with several taking to Twitter to express their feelings regarding the design of the device.
“Apple did not think of us that have TRYPOPHOBIA when making the iphone 11 pro. I cant buy it and be itchy all over every damn time I look at it,” one user tweeted earlier this week after the launch of the iPhone 11.
Needless to say, not buying the iPhone 11 is obviously the easiest way to avoid trypophobia being triggered, albeit some say that getting one is actually one method to counter the symptoms. The exposure therapy could be effective to some degree despite obviously not being the most convenient solution.
Apple hasn’t commented on this whole thing, but it’s way too early to do anything about it, so people suffering from trypophobia have no other choice than to make the switch to Android for now.
Apple did not think of us that have TRYPOPHOBIA when making the iphone 11 pro. I cant buy it and be itchy all over every damn time I look at it. — Mrs. Ummeeta Rabiu (@ummeetaa_x) September 11, 2019