phobia's that make me a coward?

[arcainia]

I have a severe case of arachnophobia and a phobia against insects in general, which i've gotten alot of crap for, seeing as im a 190cm tall dude weighting in at 125kg, so to put it short, im a big dude, yet i cant stand insects/spiders/butterflies.

I'll give an example of how severe it actually is, a couple of years back, i had forgotten to close my window one day, and when i came back out to my room after watching tv for a while, there were 2 butterflies flying around near my roof lamp, making noises and stuff, i gathered my courage and brought out a book to try and hit one of them out the window, i hit it, it made a really loud noise, then it started to fly around like crazy flapping its wings really fast, i panicked, i had problems breathing and i slammed the door and ran away, once i had settled down in a "safe" place i started to cry.

I dont know why i panic when i see insects and such, i have no idea why i have this phobia, but i freaking hate it.

....God that sounds horrible.
Butterflies can make noises...? They're one of the very few insects I don't mind. The other being ladybugs (I've been reconsidering for awhile though, too squishy).

Anyway, I feel rather bland for having such a typical phobia.
I do think that most people exaggerate the meaning of having a phobia, and disliking a certain thing.

Me, I have arachnophobia. It's not so bad as that I spend my entire time thinking about it. But I usually wont agree to walk into a room if I knew there was a spider in it. It's pathetic enough that I felt really uncomfortable when I saw spider shaped cookies at a bakery once(who would eat that anyway?). Plastic spiders and almost any other form also makes me extremely uncomfortable. And naturally, I can't bring myself to kill them. I used take care of my surroundings too (ie, vacuum the corners of the ceiling in my room) but well...our vacuum broke.

 

[Fronken]

I have a severe case of arachnophobia and a phobia against insects in general, which i've gotten alot of crap for, seeing as im a 190cm tall dude weighting in at 125kg, so to put it short, im a big dude, yet i cant stand insects/spiders/butterflies.

I'll give an example of how severe it actually is, a couple of years back, i had forgotten to close my window one day, and when i came back out to my room after watching tv for a while, there were 2 butterflies flying around near my roof lamp, making noises and stuff, i gathered my courage and brought out a book to try and hit one of them out the window, i hit it, it made a really loud noise, then it started to fly around like crazy flapping its wings really fast, i panicked, i had problems breathing and i slammed the door and ran away, once i had settled down in a "safe" place i started to cry.

I dont know why i panic when i see insects and such, i have no idea why i have this phobia, but i freaking hate it.

....God that sounds horrible.
Butterflies can make noises...? They're one of the very few insects I don't mind. The other being ladybugs (I've been reconsidering for awhile though, too squishy).

I didnt have my computer on at the time so there was no other noise coming from my room, that and butterflies make sound when they flap their wings, especially if they fly up into the ceiling over and over again practically body-slamming it, and the one i hit with the book had a very big body for a butterfly, so it made a kinda crunching noise when i struck it with the book, and i cant even stand the sound of insects dying, for example, earwigs, i seriously hate those damn creatures, they freak me out and the best method i found of killing them is putting a hand weight on them, but they kinda Snap when they are crushed, and that sound makes me panic, dont really know why, so whenever i see one running around on the floor i turn my volume up waaay high in order to not hear the noise.

 

[arcainia]

I have a severe case of arachnophobia and a phobia against insects in general, which i've gotten alot of crap for, seeing as im a 190cm tall dude weighting in at 125kg, so to put it short, im a big dude, yet i cant stand insects/spiders/butterflies.

I'll give an example of how severe it actually is, a couple of years back, i had forgotten to close my window one day, and when i came back out to my room after watching tv for a while, there were 2 butterflies flying around near my roof lamp, making noises and stuff, i gathered my courage and brought out a book to try and hit one of them out the window, i hit it, it made a really loud noise, then it started to fly around like crazy flapping its wings really fast, i panicked, i had problems breathing and i slammed the door and ran away, once i had settled down in a "safe" place i started to cry.

I dont know why i panic when i see insects and such, i have no idea why i have this phobia, but i freaking hate it.

....God that sounds horrible.
Butterflies can make noises...? They're one of the very few insects I don't mind. The other being ladybugs (I've been reconsidering for awhile though, too squishy).

I didnt have my computer on at the time so there was no other noise coming from my room, that and butterflies make sound when they flap their wings, especially if they fly up into the ceiling over and over again practically body-slamming it, and the one i hit with the book had a very big body for a butterfly, so it made a kinda crunching noise when i struck it with the book, and i cant even stand the sound of insects dying, for example, earwigs, i seriously hate those damn creatures, they freak me out and the best method i found of killing them is putting a hand weight on them, but they kinda Snap when they are crushed, and that sound makes me panic, dont really know why, so whenever i see one running around on the floor i turn my volume up waaay high in order to not hear the noise.

Geh, after googling earwigs, I have to say that I don't think they are very common around here, because I don't think I've ever seen one.

By the way, are you sure they were butterflies and not moths? I think those usually have more of a 'slaming-into-things' habbit.
Every kind of crunchy noise made by an insect is gross though.

 

[Fronken]

I have a severe case of arachnophobia and a phobia against insects in general, which i've gotten alot of crap for, seeing as im a 190cm tall dude weighting in at 125kg, so to put it short, im a big dude, yet i cant stand insects/spiders/butterflies.

I'll give an example of how severe it actually is, a couple of years back, i had forgotten to close my window one day, and when i came back out to my room after watching tv for a while, there were 2 butterflies flying around near my roof lamp, making noises and stuff, i gathered my courage and brought out a book to try and hit one of them out the window, i hit it, it made a really loud noise, then it started to fly around like crazy flapping its wings really fast, i panicked, i had problems breathing and i slammed the door and ran away, once i had settled down in a "safe" place i started to cry.

I dont know why i panic when i see insects and such, i have no idea why i have this phobia, but i freaking hate it.

....God that sounds horrible.
Butterflies can make noises...? They're one of the very few insects I don't mind. The other being ladybugs (I've been reconsidering for awhile though, too squishy).

I didnt have my computer on at the time so there was no other noise coming from my room, that and butterflies make sound when they flap their wings, especially if they fly up into the ceiling over and over again practically body-slamming it, and the one i hit with the book had a very big body for a butterfly, so it made a kinda crunching noise when i struck it with the book, and i cant even stand the sound of insects dying, for example, earwigs, i seriously hate those damn creatures, they freak me out and the best method i found of killing them is putting a hand weight on them, but they kinda Snap when they are crushed, and that sound makes me panic, dont really know why, so whenever i see one running around on the floor i turn my volume up waaay high in order to not hear the noise.

Geh, after googling earwigs, I have to say that I don't think they are very common around here, because I don't think I've ever seen one.

By the way, are you sure they were butterflies and not moths? I think those usually have more of a 'slaming-into-things' habbit.
Every kind of crunchy noise made by an insect is gross though.

I cant say im 100% sure of it, might have been moths, but at the time they kinda looked like butterflies, but i may be mistaking what i saw, seeing as i had a panic attack throughout the whole ordeal

And you should really be happy that earwigs are rare where you live, here they can be found in the thousands, its freaky as hell, an ordinary trip out on the porch for a smoke can reveal around 50 of them huddling around in corners and walking around on the walls, its scary as shit.

 

[Grand_Poohbah]

ventriloquist dummies. Old fashioned, ruby lipped, monocle wearing, ventriloquist dummies.

I'm not afraid of dolls, I'm not afraid of clowns, but for some reason their bastard child freeks me out to no end. That thing is sitting on a shelf one minute, and then racing across the floor to attack you the next. And it will laugh, oh will it laugh!

It will take over your life until you become the dummy. Laugh all you want. You won't when HE'S drinking the glass of water while YOU sing.


EDIT: Now that i've shared my completely irrational fear with you, hopefully you feel better!

Everyone's got fears, just don't let them cripple you!

I think everyone fears those messengers of evil.

 

[Talendra]

I have a huge fear of magpies, and will walk blocks extra to avoid them. Whats worse, there was alot at my university, and they would hound you from the car park if you had food, not go that close, but just follow you. I had to call one of the guys I lived with so many times to come help me get back to my room, I was too scared to do it alone, they always just laughed at me

 

[wowcrendor]

I hate spiders, heights, bugs and bees. I can't stand being around bees.

 

[Vrud]

I have no fear whatsoever of the dark, corpses, spiders, snakes, rats etc. However, I am terrified of heights, getting poked in the eye, and breaking my pinky finger.

 

[Vrud]

Man, reading through this thread reminded me of this doll I was terrified of as a kid... thanks, guys.

 

[dekkarax]

I'm afraid of heights; and water, for that reason, I cannot swim.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Heights. I hate heights. But oddly it is only human heights I detest, being on mountains and stuff doesn't bother me. But tall buildings? Forget it.

Clowns. I really am scared of those things.

I'm thinking the first one is something about the fear of the building collapsing. You don't really need to have that fear with mountains, as the average person tends to think of them as incredibly stable (volcanoes notwithstanding), whereas we hear about buildings collapsing all the time.

I agree on the clowns though. For me, it isn't so much of a phobia as them just unsettling me. I'm thinking the clown thing has something to do with the Uncanny Valley.

...yeah, I just called clowns less than human.

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

Heights. I hate heights. But oddly it is only human heights I detest, being on mountains and stuff doesn't bother me. But tall buildings? Forget it.

Clowns. I really am scared of those things.

Same here, but for me it is any height, human or natural, will make me want to just lay down and go to my happy place, and try not to think about the horrifyingly long fall.

Clowns should never have existed. They are evil incarnate.

 

[Mr_spamamam]

my mate is afraid of bees and wasps. we were playing mario care one day when a wasp flew into the room and he ran away, leaving me to deal with the thing. u wouldnt think it to lok at him. hes a big lad bout 16 stone and 6ft 3 covered in tattoos. just goes to show. mine is sharks. i wont swim in the sea and i dont really like going in swimming pools

 

[Raddragon]

i feel so um... different and odd one out kinda thing sooo any help on conquering these fears would be nice...

Your not diffrent and your not the odd one out.
You are original and you are one of a kind.

Huh...I dont really know what i'm afraid of...

 

[sirdanrhodes]

hemaphobia: fear of blood

You do NOT want to see my arm right now, accident and it is not a pretty site, I am going to wash it off soon when the bleeding stops.

 

[FallenRainbows]

I have no Phobia of anything

Phobia:- Irational fear

My fears are rational and sane, Most phobia are quite daft, to get over a phobia? Simple, find somthing rational to fear.

 

[ZonerZ]

at about 11 i realized being scared was the only way i could get to sleep, so i would expose myself to my fears while i tried to drift off. Now nothing scares me that i can think of, and I can even sleep

 

[Vrud]

at about 11 i realized being scared was the only way i could get to sleep, so i would expose myself to my fears while i tried to drift off. Now nothing scares me that i can think of, and I can even sleep

What happens if you develop a fear of falling asleep?