This is me! I swear to everything holy I will commit suicide if that ever happens to me again. Or you know just walking away (but never in a “can’t leave the house” kind of way). I called my best friend mid panic attack and was like âwhat do I do help me, talk me through this.â Any bug, I freak out. Life is strange. Isopterophobia; Phobia of Termites & Insects that Eat Wood What should I do? In severe cases, the patient feels as if there is an insect pricking, stinging, or creeping on his body. I have it all, this page explains me so well and I’m gonna keep in touch with this website. And now recently I noticed my room has a lot of bugs at night. Instead of killing it i ran to my room and closed the door, didn’t come out of my room. The causes on these, I’m nothing like them. But because the fear is a physical response to patterns of thinking about insects or bugs and not the actual insects or bugs almost all people with insect phobia can create a very strong reaction just by using their mind. I always live in constant fear of bugs with my family. My whole life I’ve had a bad experience with bugs. When i did that my parents told me to get over it and thought it would be a good way to get over it to close the door. I got really upset to the point of crying. After every trip my suitcase sits outside at home for 24hrs then I empty it outside. An entomophobe? I am pretty sure this fear started when I was about 5 years old. The worst part is I know they canât hurt me and Iâm fully aware itâs irrational but I canât be around them. I am just so afraid of their little legs and the way they crawl/fly. I owe her an apology. It is important to take into account the individualâs mental state and other such characteristics. An entomologist may also be needed to help the patient dispel misconceptions that may be aggravating oneâs Entomophobia. The fear of bugs or fear of insects is known as Entomophobia or Acarophobia and is sometimes also referred to as Insectophobia. Bugs like flies, mosquitoes and fleas are also associated with the spread of diseases and infections. I also bites my nail pick at my rough (please don’t judge me). When I finally got up I knew I couldnât sleep on my bed, so I went to my lovesac bean bag with a blanket and got situated. Entomophobia (also known as insectophobia) is characterized by an excessive or unrealistic fear of one or more classes of insect. Acarophobia is derived from Latin Acaro which means âmitesâ. Just like how I donât know why Iâm afraid of dogs I donât understand why Iâm afraid of bugs. Iâm also super afraid of stepping on them, especially big ones, imagining that theyâd make a big crunching sound. There are many types of phobias, and it's not unusual to experience a specific phobia about more than one object or situation. To live without fear, face it head on is the only way. At night I feel like bugs are inside my skin, due to a house I lived in once had a flea infestation, now moved. I’ll just start freaking out over bugs that aren’t even there. Now i try to watch what i do but itâs hard. I am among the norm of society I do not love insects, mainly i don’t want them on me, i am fine if they are around just not on me. Also about a year ago i moved in with my now husband and his elderly mother and had my first encounter with bed bugs. share. Please call her:800 828 7484, Vanquish Fear & Anxiety for Insect Phobia, Often, the knowledge that your fears are unreasonable or exaggerated but feeling powerless to control them, Difficulty thinking about anything other than the fear, Shortness of breath or smothering sensation. I hate them, they serve no real benefit to anything except the virus’s they carry around and they’re evil. SAME, even when a butterfly fly’s past me I get scared sometimes. I don’t like bugs, but I only fear them if they can get in my ears. I saw a huge cockroach today and it was pretty big, around 1 1/2 inches. Whenever I see a bug I the shower or when they sneak up on me, I get really tingly and I usually run away in complete and utter fear. Not too long ago I had an encounter with a swarm of earwigs crawling around in the bathroom and scarily close to my bedroom door, normally I would attempt to spray them with a can of Febreeze or whatever was near me at the time, but I couldn’t find anything. These symptoms may include: Rapid heart rate; Trembling; Sweating; Rapid heart rate; Nausea and shortness of breath; Treatment Options for Fear of Bugs Good luck ð. Well when she would get paid she’d buy a single can of bed bug spray and use it on her bed but only when she started seeing the bed bugs. If itâs dark I would imagine that things like fabric or string from fabric was a bug. I hate this and I know Iâll have problems in my future. Really don’t have anything to do with fear of bugs, nobody likes bed bugs or fleas. Once i almost passed out and almost had a car crash because of a bee. I can not help but reading these stories of other people like me has made me feel slightly better so I hope this can comfort you. Iâm almost 20. My parents are accepting but think itâs silly. I used to be able to handle Rollie Pollies or Lady Bugs but now I canât stand anything at all! Fast forward to having my son and now it’s not bugs, it’s anything aside from a bug or cat/dog that crawls. You guys are like my people. The reason is that all my ex friends kind of live in places where bugs are present.. in their houses!! I looked away for one second and then it was gone just like that. They are not afraid to pick one up and let it crawl on them. Learning is key to understanding your fear. I’m doing this for a school project and I love it. In the living room a caterpillar fell out of my shirt i was so terrified i jumped up.. well there are more stories but before i go i wanna say that. Iâm constantly checking and paranoid that the bug is in my blankets or that itâs on me. I never open a window without ensuring there are no tears or openings in the screen. All types of bugs make me feel horrible and i donât know what i can do to fix it. The anxiety and fear can go from mild feelings of apprehension to a full-blown panic attack. That night I would lay in my bed and I CANNOT stop thinking about the saying “where there’s one there’s more ” and I keep thinking that I feel bugs on me and I keep jumping up out of bed because I thought I felt something crawling but there was nothing there. My parents, especially my dad don’t really understand and point out that they can’t hurt me. Then I went to grab some paper so I can put the bug out but when I enter through my room I realized that I smashed it with the glass. I can’t even clap a fruit fly to kill it. In fine with bugs in nature. I dislike roaches in the extreme and thankfully live now in a climate where they aren’t so prevalent. This sounds like me, any time my hair moves, I jump. Why? Or when i see a dead insect or a picture of one I can’t look at it and when I do I feel a little light headed and I instantly close my eyes or bring my hands to my eyes and is unable to look at it. I was so scared it wouldnât get off me and people were laughing and I felt like I was going to die. moths - Mottephobia. Yet we still got one in our luggage when we cancelled the lease and moved back. Got any suggestions? We went swimming and after when we were walking back there was a butterfly on me . 2  Sleeping on the couch affected my back and my whole body and bones started to hurt me. I used to not like to shower with the clear liner in because it had mold, but then I got a new one. The. My friend has a fear of bugs. Recently, I’ve had someone told me that I should seek therapy because of the way I deal with insects. Anyway at our new home we didnt see any roaches or bed bugs. I ended up finding another small beetle-like thing on it and so I went to our guest room and slept there. As long as its not a spider or cockroach. I hate them. I know bugs wonât do anything to me which is the worst part. Iâm 15 and Iâve had this fear ever since I could remember, when I was little I used to have dreams of bugs being all over me and I would scream and tell my parents there are bugs all over me. I am also afraid of spiders and have no idea what to do. I just froze and ran.. then at night i was afraid to go to sleep.. so i kept on thinking about puppies and things that make me happy and i was curled up like a ball trying to fall to sleep.. but then i saw a spider crawling in a wall i stood up my brothers were scared too because they are afraid of spiders. I literally just drove over to a friends house because something freaking huge, maybe a roach, was on my wall. All bugs and I have an understanding. Any fear can escalate quickly enough to the point where you either don’t want to seek help or it’s hard to get rid of it. In general, the symptoms that children experience when they come into contact with insects are similar to those of any other person with a phobia. Wow this is so me I hate bugs so much. Don’t worry, I have Entomophobia too, you’re not alone. This is so embarrassing for me to even tell my Dr. but it does affect my daily life severely. Going to great lengths to avoid bugs and insects. The phobia of cockroaches , also called katsaridaphobia, is an irrational and persistent fear, being something unjustified and very debilitating for those people who suffer from this disorder. It’ll take some time depending on how serious it is, but as long as you keep putting in effort, the result will seriously be a relief. I can’t stand having this phobia, it’s already starting to affect my mannerisms and daily routine. If they were outside then I have very little problem with them, but inside.. we live in a very old house, and it has cracks everywhere so winter and summer are often really bad. Insect phobia, also called entomophobia, is an excessive or irrational fear of insects. For the plant genus, see Entomophobia (plant). I am so tired of being petrified. I don’t go anywhere outside unless it’s a really short trip, I’m required to go, or it’s snowing outside. But I think everything started last year. I tried so many times to overcome this fear but i just couldn’t and i don’t think that i will ever. All items in suitcase are in space bags then I spray the inside of the case with ant, roach, and bedbug sprays, close it up and let it sit outside for a few more hours. My family and I were sitting around the table eating dinner when a daddy-long-legs flew in through the window. Would anyone WANT a bug in their ear? And when there’re fruit fly’s in my room I try to smack them, but I’m too scared to. I started crying and the basement bees came in the house and dad told me to kill it and pick it up but i couldn’t. I donât know when my fear of bugs, insects or anything related to them actually started. My trash is probably cleaner than many kitchens. Can someone help me out? I realize now that this is an actual thing. Feeling of choking or strangulation 6. I will probably go to a psychoanalyst after the exam for university. When people see trigger objects, they experience symptoms such as severe fear, nausea, itching, sweating, shaking, and even panic attacks. It hurts me most when people close to me tell me that I am just over reacting to either get attention or get myself out of trouble. Thank goodness there are others like me, I find bugs just so terrifying and my parents say that I should get over it but I just can’t. I canât handle invertebrates either and just looking at an insect prompts a physical reaction. I throw up when i see a dead bug or think about one that is near food. I just had a whip scorpion appear in my house! My house is always so clean and tidy because my mom likes it that way, but sometimes, I dunno why, roaches and spiders just runs out of NOWHERE and totally freaks me out because my mom doesn’t like bugs too much, each time there’s one she either calls the maid to finish it or ME, I just can’t bear it! And any other insect, I just hate them and I’m really scared to be close to one. They are deep-seated and psychological in nature. They may have such anxious thoughts about being bitten by a tick that they are afraid to go outside. Super-Secure TransactionsFor optimal speed and banking industry-grade security we use PayPal Merchant Services to process all credit card transactions. Every time I would see an ant inside my house, I would feel them all over me. ticks. I get goosebumps and high anxiety. They are TERRIFYING! Because phobias is an irrational fear, it is not a real danger, and you learn. This whole page definitely describes me! Again we had a few hours to get out so we put what we could in storage and stayed in a hotel until we got into another house. If someone reads this comment, would you recommend me to go to a doctor or not?? Then, make learning about bugs more comfortable and interesting. I hate bugs, even butterflies. The worst for me are maggots, worms, earwigs, flies, and roaches. I think it might later get so bad you won’t be able to do what you want in the future. My parents don’t really understand or feel my pain so they keep telling me that I need to “Get over my fear” but I just can’t…. I have a sense of near religious awe of insects like mantises and hummingbird moths, tho.. it’s fine to see one in the wild I sure wouldn’t want one in my house. Our bug barrier was for roaches not fleas and bed bugs so we got fleas and bed bugs. Entomophobia is the fear of insects. But my reason for being so fearful is my experience.. S… I used to live in an infested apartment, roaches everywhere, the very big kind, big ants, everything was just awful, you couldn’t even use the bathroom with using one. This has gotten to the point that I canât go within a few feet of an insect larger than your average fly. Phobias Symptoms & Causes. I actually thought it was just me that was super SUPER SUPER afraid of bugs . Iâm 13 and it started with ants last year. Everytime I see bugs I start screaming and crying and run in every direction to get away from the bugs. I’m not sure if she has the phobia, because we go on a lot of nature walks and she loves the grasshoppers and butterflies, but most bugs she has meltdowns over. Is it only when they’re dead? I usually donât have a big issue, but I think it might be getting worse. I’ve been like this since a child and I really have no control over it. We moved into another house and low and behold we were bug free until a friend came over from a house that was quote unquote bombed for bed bugs. If you are brave enough to talk with your parents you may want to consider it. I HATE bugs and one time I was playing a game and then a small bug jumped on my thumb and then I screamed and cried my sister and mother laughed at me. Crazy but when I had my daughter I became extremely terrified of bugs. A child can pick up a fear of bugs by watching others, so how you react to insects has a strong influence on a child's reaction. So as I got ready for bed, I left it open. This fear stems from disgust or revulsion associated with the appearance, activity, or number of insects. I stumbled on this website, but now i cant stop reading it. When I feel worried about insects, I begin to feel sensations at various points on my body, namely my neck, legs and arms. I will come back with the sense of accomplishment, knowledge, awareness . I am dominican and i went there this april and I was in the front and i saw a green bug i think it was a grasshopper or something it flew and i was scared of it. Some display obsessive compulsive disorder where they may clean constantly to repel bugs. I don’t travel with pets and I am not bringing any home with me. I’m afraid it might get to the point where I can’t go outside without freaking out about the possibility of a bug infestation. According to an article in the Cultural Entomology Digest, people with this fear often bring items that they believe to be bugs to pest control or medical professionals.These specimens, gathered around the house, often turn out to be bits of lint, scabs or dust, rather than the feared bugs. Obesity. report. I still have my parents kill any bug I see. That was worse considering my family. More specific cases included apiphobia (fear of bees), myrmecophobia (fear of ants), and lepidopterophobia (fear of moths and butterflies). They told me to kill it but instead of killing the wasp i just opened the door and ran. I used to stay in Malaysia and there’s loads of roaches. She was in need of updated glasses so what we could see she could not and all the itchy red bumps she had on her skin and our skin she said were flea bites. The more you know about Insects, what they do how they live and what they bring to the planet the fear will dissipate. If your symptoms drastically affect your ability to live what you would consider a normal existence, your anxiety is no laughing matter. My dads fed up, he says that if he hears the word bees or wasps then i’m living on my own. I feel like Iâm going to throw up. They are hundreds of box elders covering our house and many stink bugs on my porch. I also had a surreal dream… Nightmare more to speak, everything about it felt real and I woke up surrounded by blackness which didn’t help. Reading about insects to make believe that the fear is rational. Yeah, you should go to someone to get diagnosed. I was just chilling in my room when I realized there was this bug. ESPECIALLY ants. My fear is not that severe but it’s not that light either. lice - Pediculophobia or Phthiriophobia. While some people simply jump a little when they hear a pigeonâs wings fluttering, others can barely cope with the anxiety this brings. Do I need to see the doc? You have three different names you can choose from that fall under "a fear of insects": Acarophobia, Entomophobia, or Insectophobia. When it landed, I ran out of the classroom as fast as possible… When he killed it, I returned (he killed it on a table far away from mine, or else I wouldn’t have returned – too afraid of that stinger). I canât sleep at all! However reassuring they may be in the abstract, logical arguments donât help much when you find yourself paralyzed in the presence of a junebug. We donât have AC, but we do have a swamp cooler. sometimes i can even hear them bumping into walls, chairs etc when I’m sleeping. There, I couldnât breathe and take my eyes off. Phobias have different symptoms from serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. And it even annoyed my family, always screaming when a tiny insect reaches my eyes, but what can I do? When I see bugs whether it’s a picture or real thing always gag, tremble,scream,run frantically, and sometimes cry. On-going Site Safety TestingClick on the seal above to confirm our Trustwave audited compliance with the PCI, strict industry-standard for credit card security. Being 12 and really skinny, she was slipping down my back slowly, and she started screaming and kicking and crying which made her slip down my back more and I was really aching, and trying to get to where there were no holes, and I felt as if I was going to faint (omg leah), but I managed to get her to where there were no holes and put her down. My fear had gotten worse a year ago, when I spent 2 months at a relatives house which was also infested by those home wreckers. Plus my parents are foreign so they will most definitely not understand! I can’t stand them. Would thinking of a dead insect and not being able to eat afterwards count? Because the core of the problem – the patterns of thinking, the images, movies, sounds and dialog that are internally associated with insects or bugs – are different in each person. And I know butterflies are pretty and some insects and bugs are too. I canât kill em unless I spray em and if not no contact whatsoever, not with a shoe, a tissue, nothing. The only way to stop your fear is to learn about it and ask yourself why am i afraid of this, is it what i have been conditioned to feel, or did you have a traumatic experience that has stayed with you. But I canât handle bugs I cry and scream itâs the worst for me. One time a cricket was in my room, I didnât know where, and I couldnât sleep all night at all. All creatures on the planet have a purpose and path in life. If there is a bug I sit on the couch or a chair with my feet off the floor until someone else takes care of it. While not generally experienced at the same time as insect phobia episode, we find that overall when they think about their past, most clients have elevated levels of one or more of: Your email address will not be published. But because I didn’t want to wake them up, I ended up clinging to my bed and proceeded to have a panic attack, which was made worse because I was having delusions at the same time that felt as if bugs were crawling all over me and inside my eyes. Included on this site is the detailed information below, a Phobia Types tab to help viewers understand phobias and the specific types and finally various books, treatments, tips to help with phobias. In severe cases of Entomophobia, people have been known to self-mutilate or scratch intensely, leading to severe skin infections. Insects and bugs often appear âugly or disgustingâ owing to their shape or colors. The one thing to know is they are not out to get you. I canât even handle it if a butterfly flies near me. 100% Upvoted. I choose to face it head on, and when i get to the other side i will be more aware, knowledgeable and grounded. Fear of insects mainly includes a disgust response or aversion to bugs. My parents just yell and call me a baby when I get scared of things like ants and spiders and moths. Or even sometimes when a bug would be in my room, I would make someone else kill it for me. I worked at closing every opening into the apartment where bugs could enter. Thanks fam! Call Any Time800 828 7484While Shelley can't pick up 24 hours a day, you can call any time & she'll get right back to you.For the best part of a decade Shelley's heard and helped all kinds of people. because this happens to me!! Hello, my family acts the same, saying they don’t hurt you and sometimes a sibling will laugh. I haven’t scratched enough to cause serious infection or injury yet, though my skin is often raw and sore after I’m done. My city was having a storm so the streets were flooded, roaches started to crawl out of sewers because of that. A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder where there is an intense fear of a specific situation or object that in reality poses little or no actual danger. I always feel like it’s around me. Obsessive Thoughts; Difficulty thinking about anything other than the fear; Really bad images and/or movies of insects or bugs; Feelings of unreality or of being detached from yourself; Fear of losing control or going crazy; Fear of fainting If there's a specific insect you fear, then you can add a few more phobias: ants - Myrmecophobia. The only way it helps, though, is if you open a window so it can push air out and bring cold air in. I really want to get over it because its embarrassing when I get scared at school and try to stay away from a bug I see but its really obvious that I’m afraid. I also have it all. When I was about to take a bite of mine a small bug flew into my eye. I refuse to visit them, or be around them because of it. Thanks. To me i find them so disgusting and ugly, even butterflies, i get scared of them too. If you suffer from this phobia insects like ticks, bedbugs, or lice will instill fear in you. A combination of therapies including drug therapy, desensitization, psychotherapy etc is proven beneficial in treating the fear of bugs phobia. Once a week I wait until the neighbors are likely to be asleep so I won’t bother them with fumes and then spray in front of my door, down the steps, and around the exterior. I barely ever have nightmares but when I do itâs about bugs. Plus I have bad eye sight. I don’t know why, but bugs scare me to death. This is ALMOST me. (Note that most cures offered for insect phobia – expecially using drugs and medications – will tackle only the symptoms, not the thinking that is the actual core of the problem). Do you have one ⦠I cant get over my fear, i’m scared. 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