Trypophobia

My daughter was recently diagnosed as having trypophobia. Evidently it is fairly rare. I sure never heard of it before. Can you help me understand what it really is? I don't even know how to pronounce it!

Try-po-phobia was first diagnosed in 2005. A study in 2013 found 16% of participants exhibited trypophobia when viewing a picture of a lotus seed pod. Current estimates are that as many as 17% of children and adults experience this. More females are affected than males.Those who already have anxiety, depressive, or obsessive-compulsive disorder at at higher right for trypophobia. Phobias are characterized by excessive, uncontrollable, and persistent fear or disgust or both, leading to anxiety and other symptoms—whether there is danger present. Aspects of the condition have been linked with socio-demographic variables, clinical features, co-morbidities, levels of distress, and associated psychological traits. So far it appears that features of the stimuli that trigger the reactions involve something that the individual sees: in person, in print, or in pictures. More tomorrow.