The list continues to be supplemented using many other sources such as Guide to Veterinary Medical Terminology by Phillip E. Cochran, published by American Veterinary Publications, Inc., Goleta, CA. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Top.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. Fear of balloons popping is a very common form of irritation and can be categorized as fear of loud noises: Ligyrophobia. The fear of balloons, by itself, is Globophobia.
But now, a study in the journal Psychological Science attempts to explain the fear. Researchers Geoff Cole and Arnold Wilkins of the Centre for Brain Science at the University of Essex based their research on images posted on Trypophobia.com. They've concluded that it is not the holes that these people fear. Instead, their brains associate the holes with danger. What kind of danger they sense, exactly, is still being studied. According to site, the fear covers clustered holes in skin, meat, wood, plants, coral, sponges, mould, dried seed pods and honeycomb.