Trypophobia is not included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,

but it’s estimated that 16% of people suffer from it.

Those two statements cannot both be true, at least if the estimate is assumed valid. Even counting DSM politics, if one out of every SIX people had an irrational fear of something EVERYONE WOULD KNOW IT.

Of course, the two can be true if the estimate is total bullshit. Most people are unsettled by holes, such as this photo of a robbery victim with a through-and-through gunshot wound.