I hate that people just laugh at me when I’m sobbing over these bugs. I live in Florida and there’s bugs EVERYWHERE during summer like you just wake up to a cockroach on the ceiling and when that happens I cant sleep even if it’s killed for two days
Zoe 🌊 Legit same! I have a huge fear of centipedes and I just saw a centipede in my kitchen and I can’t sleep. I’m sitting on my chair without my feet touching the ground and I can’t sleep or relax. It’s horrible. Like I’m not scared of any other bugs except centipedes. I’m so scared. I need help
IKR!? When I freak out over bugs, my mom just laughs at me or tells me to get over it. Like, really? You’d think if I COULD get over it I would. Telling me that doesn’t help. I live in Georgia, so we have the same problem.
I know right? We need more videos like this, with people who are brave around bugs, instead of the videos with people screaming and running. I mean, those are funny but they don't do anything for your fear of the things. They just reinforce it. I'm trying to get over my phobia, because I'm tired of being held hostage by a darn insect!
Right, There’s nothing funny about it.. whenever I see an insect I just feel this sort of feeling that’s a mix of disgust, angriness, absolute fear, panic, uncomfortableness and sometimes it reaches a point where it’s just not laughable
SAYYY AND WHEN THEY START CHASING ME I START SCREAMING AND LOCKING MYSELF INSIDE ANOTHER ROOM AND THEN MY MOTHER GROUNDS ME AND SAYS IT’S NOTHING AND MY BROTHER MAKES FUN OF ME
Ok the thing with butterfly's..same but ladybug's? 🐞 Nah I like them :3 , AS LONG AS..THEY DON'T TOUCH ME..but the thing with caterpillars? 🐛, Tbh I dont- wait..I like butterfly's but..don't like caterpillars? Yeah I really have to be honest they scare me for no reason 😂
alpha raptor jp3 moths are the scariestttt they are so annoying and they lay eggs on your cotton clothes and then the eggs hatch n turn into little caterpillar things and they cover themselves in the cotton n it holes into the material
Omg same I have a phobia too but this is kinda crazy cause I am actually terrified of lady birds when they fly, everytime its summer or a hot day I see loads of them in my house by the windows and I would tell my mom to get them of but at one point she would say no and I wouldn't go in the room until I knew they were gone for certain and killed
@Chip The Hammie I think that's a myth but insects can crawl into your ear which is why I stay up most nights with ear buds in cause knowing that cause my fear of bugs to get bigger.
Having a fear of bugs (at least as bad as mine) feels like drowning, while everyone is shouting at you to breath. Nobody will ever know how many tears I’ve shed because of bugs, but I did this all by myself in my room, hiding it from everyone. When he showed the pray mantis... not gonna lie I cried.
Its pretty insane how people have such strong reactions to such harmless things. I would have no problems handling the biggest insects on my hands. When i was a kid and i visited a pet shop, there was an african giant millipede outside on a worker's hand and I went to pet it. It felt really nice and the millipede was just chilling. Didn't even react to me petting it. Later in life as a teenager i bought pet beetles that originated from Africa. Beautiful green fruit eating beetles that chilled the heck out 24/7. They were so chill that i changed a few friends' and family members opinions about insects
I fear big insects that fly...especially the dark ones or with long feet (like the stink bug for example)...😫 I know they cannot do anything to me or that I am bigger then any insect but I fear they can somehow land on me and I feel them...I hate the feeling of an insect on my skin....
I can't even have an ant on me or else I'll start itching *everywhere* Damn he's a good speaker Edit: Thank for the likes! First time getting a big number :) Another thing. I can’t have the thought of bugs when i’m trying to sleep or else i’ll start itching everywhere and it won’t stop. I’ve had four occasions where i could not sleep.
When I see bugs.............I feel like its in my body. I keep having pictures in my head of the insect for a month and ahead I really hate that. I wish to overcome this😢😢😢
Work on looking at pictures of bugs, then listening to sounds of them, and then watching videos of them, and then going outside. Just do what your scared of and know that you can take as long as you need until you feel comfortable. Just know that baby steps are very important! You’ve got this you guys. I’ll let you know if I can overcome this, and if I can you can! I have an extreme fear of bugs, I don’t go outside in the summer and I’m tired of it. I’ve been avoiding bugs for years and they give me panic attacks constantly. And my friends think it’s a big joke but it’s not it’s seriously ruining my life and it’s total bull!
I’m 11 and I’m still petrified and.. I can never tell other kids I’m scared of bugs because they land up threatening me and running after me with one in their hand and I just feel like crying because it’s hard to live when people do that to you, ik bugs don’t hurt I just can’t stand looking at them I cringe and start shaking bcuz I feel like they on me and I hate it... but I am going to try remember bugs are like humans, they run this planet and we need them.
I have a son with entomophobia, hes seen every therapist possible... he doesnt go out in the spring or summer only in the fall and winter!!! It has made our family wonder qhat else can i do to help him get over this phobia safely!! Hes an amazing muscician in the works and hasnt been able to join symphonies or orchestras for the fact that they preform outdoors during spring and summer. I hope he can over come this phobia and learn about bugs this way he can continue to build a future...ty for this Ted talk ..i agree...people fear the unknown!!!! As a parent i wish i can give him my freedom from the fear of bugs so he can continue to rise up!!!
There's a lot to take away from this video, as I have also been having this phobia, and it's of flying insects. As long as they don't fly they don't get me running. I'm not afraid of them in the outdoors, but once they enter the house, especially if it's a small house (where I currently live), I get quite jumpy even from a housefly. I tried to deal with it through a number of ways by telling myself that it's a thousand times smaller than me, but it doesn't help. But I've made a major step: I put on my headphones with some hard rock music to get me pumped up and face the fear. In that way, it cancels out the buzzing sound and enables me to at least face them and kill them with this bug spray. I think this past one week, I killed like 15 houseflies, BIG ONES. Although I've been dealing with them, it's giving me a bit of anxiety and I have to keep checking if they are there, before I heat up my food, because they roam in the kitchen. Hope some of you guys relate to this :)
@@chickennuggetpaw Thanks a lot, I found a simpler solution soon after that: A much more comfortable living space. I still have the fear, but I find ways to avoid fearful encounters.
I was attacked by fire ants several times when I was 3 years old. I used step on fire ant houses when I would play on my grandads farm in Louisiana. Thousands of them would chomping on me all over. I use to get stung by bees and wasp a lot too. I’m still traumatized. I think I need to be hypnotized to get over this bs.
I had a similar experience in elementary school. I fell into a fire ant hill. Some of the worst pain I ever felt. Caused me some trauma. I think this contributes to my fear of bugs.
I am soooooooooooooooooo scared of any type of bugs, when I see one near me I get up and run, One time there was a spider in my room and I couldn’t sleep until I knew it was dead, one time me and my mom were coming home from something and there was caterpillars everywhere, I wouldn’t get out of the car for a while because I didn’t want them to touch me,it was summer in a super hot day so my parents had to force me out, they said I couldn’t go to camp if I didn’t get out. So I opened the door and bolted to the house.
We have like a fuzzy carpet that’s like a light brown and I saw something moving out of the corner of my eye and it was a spider that blended in with the carpet and I lost it and i couldn’t sit on the ground for a week
He's saying we fear what we don't understand. Our ignorance handicaps us. Educate yourself and your fear may lessen or leave you altogether. Worked for me. Won't hurt to try.
Girlypop this person was once afraid, had a PHOBIA about insects too! You missed his point, ignorance is what fuels fear. 'People fear what they don't understand.'
What's really strange is I find insects fascinating, but if one were to be near me or on me I'm terrified ! I went through a butterfly enclosure with a guy I support at work and I was on constant edge all the way through the room, and they were huuuge! 😂
I find them really fascinating, but the bigger the insect/arachnid is, the less afraid i am of it. Small tiny little bugs scare me a lot more than big ones that are easy to spot and examine
@@tri-angel for me if they aren't moving I'm almost always fine, unless there's a ton. But like dragon flies and butterflies and big moths don't bother me. But like a little gnat can trigger an attack sometimes. I think it's a control thing.
The adults around me would kill insects and would tell me terrifying facts about the ones outside and to this day wonder why I’m afraid of everything. 🙃sigh🙃
Everyday i wish to cover my entire body with cling wrap. Tired of checking every corner of every room every minute. Spend endless amount of time cleaning and keeping things as tidy as possible. It's exhausting
I understand his point and how truly fascinating they are but I am just so disgusted by them at the same time and I have an uncontrollable physiological aversion to them
Yeah I cried.. Also, I had childhood trauma where they crawled inside my ear, spiders were biting my face, a centipede was in my hair, I had over 70 bug bites. I had 30 ticks. I was in the hospital for blood loss and severe and poisonous bug bites. Now I understand they can do cool things, and I do respect honey bees and honey bees ONLY, but I either cry, have a panic attack, hyperventilate, or pass out when I see even small insects..
I have two stories: 1. When I was around 6 years old my parents were watching some animal planet insect shows I don't know but the point is that I sat there adn watched a bit with them (i wasn't so scared that time but I was a little bit) and later I went to bed (like I normally do) AND I FRIKIN WOKE UP AT THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SEEING BUNCH OF MOVING INSECTS WALKING ON ME!!!!!! I WAS NOT DREAMING!! I SCREADMED AND RAN TO MY PARENTS! IT WAS SOOO SCARY (sorry for caps but it was soooo scaryyyyyy).... And since that I can say I have phobia... 2. There was literally a spider in my room and I told my mom but she didn't wanna kill it because they eat some small bugs or wahtever but I wasn't planning on sleeping being scared that spider will "climb" on me. My mom told me it won't get down (on my bed or floor) but I still didn't want it in my room. I was like "Just put it anywhere else! Just not in my room 😭😭!" So she gently picked it up and put it outside the window. Then I was very happy 😊
Funny story; I went camping about 2 months ago, and we had a lantern when it got dark. This attracted these GIANT FLYING BEETLES. I was absolutely terrified, and stayed in the tent for the entire time until we made the fire, and even then I was scared a bug would come, and freaked out whenever someone turned their flashlight on. :’)
It makes me kinda glad knowing there's a lot of people with this fobias, but i really need to know if any of you has overcome the fear of croaches and how you achieved it. I feel it's getting worse :(
Growing up dirt poor we ain’t have time to be afraid of insects. My grandma used to tell me if I was scared of a roach imagine how scared I would be of actual life threatening situations.
Nah, that's the whole thing about these kinds of phobias. They make no sense. You might be able to play with snakes or or do all kinds of dangerous things, but then run screaming from the sight of a cockroach.
I always thought I was just arachnophobic, but I just saw a house centipede crawl on my TV and my wall and I had to frantically Google "long brown but with long antenna" until I found it
They aren't known to do that! They likely won't even pinch you unless you're bothering them. They can't carry diseases either. Also, they're one of the only insects that mother their young! They clean and protect the eggs from predators while going without food themselves, and when they hatch she shows them how to find food and waits until they go through some of their molting stages to let them go. I used to be terrified of them, and they still creep me out a bit, but they don't bother me so much anymore knowing this :)
I have terrible Entomophobia but I also think they are super fascinating and cool! It really sucks not being able to enjoy something so cool in person because of instinctual terror
This phobia is ruining me like every day 😍 the other day found a spider in the bathtub the other day and proceeded to have a breakdown even after like 20 minutes of it being dead and removed. Even when I was forced to go shower I stood at the other end and as far away as I could Even small flies are hellspawn to me what do I do abt this 😭
I have such severe bug phobia when I went to type spider and the spider emoji popped up for a second I thought it was an actual spider so I screamed, jumped of my bed and threw my iPad on the floor.
Its 2:27 am and i found a water bug in my room. I'm shaking, sweating, and i cant sleep anymore. Im in my den downstairs and frantically looking around just in case it comes down stairs. Im so scared i can't think or type straight.
I can’t handle centipedes or millipedes whenever I think about them I wanna jump out a window. I start itching and sweating skfjs and I end up imagining them crawling on me and NOPE
sarah geary Its understandable tbh. Some species of those are dangerous. You can’t tell just from looking on a glance what type they are and you’ve only got a few seconds to deal with the problem.
I searched "fear of insects" just for entertainment because i love insects alot. They're very adorable and while there are a FEW harmful ones, its like saying you hate mammals because of rats
I know it’s a common belief that bees and wasps don’t sting unless provoked, but I’m living proof that this isn’t always true. I’ve been sitting still, I’ve been walking far away from any hive, I’ve been laying down, standing, whatever. And regardless, I’ve still been stung for no reason by passing wasps/bees. Once I was at least 30 feet away from a hive minding my own business passing by, and I got swarmed by like 10 bees. Like i said, I’ve never provoked them, I’ve never been too close to their hive, I’ve never swatted at them, yet I still get stung
I'm not afraid of what i don't understand. I fully understand bugs and find them super interesting. But tiny bugs cause this really strong anxiety reaction in me and I feel like they are all over me. I get super itchy and I have issues with my scalp, and the two combined cause me to constantly be scratching it till it bleeds. I'm also 'afraid' of bugs that are fast, where one moment you can see them and the next you can't. It's a control issue. Lastly, I'm not really afraid of them, but things like flies/gnats or any flying insect that doesn't understand personal space cause anxiety in me. It relates to the last one in that I'm pretty sure it's a control issue. But the noise of flies and bees also triggers my misophonia. But if any of these bugs are completely still, they don't bother me. I am scared of bees when they fly but I once sat for 5 minutes with a cute bee just resting on my hand. And I LOVE dragon/damsel flies. They are one of the most amazing creatures ever. Sometimes they intimidate me, but I've never had them cause me anxiety.
I am and have been a lifelong arachnophobic and no one is not an arachnophobic will never understand the phobia fear stress and anxiety that comes with it
It’s cicada season and I’m sitting in my car bawling my eyes out because they are around my door. It’s 11 pm, and I’m extremely tired. I can’t deal with this. I really need help.
Good TED talk Samuel. I love the part when you said people fear what they don't understand. I'm terrified of caterpillar, and scare on small insects even mites. I already tried to understand them by watched pictures, videos, and read everything about them, but I don't know why I'm still afraid. I don't know how to overcome this anymore. Really need help!
Honestly... I fear insects but i can't bring myself to kill em. Like, I bring up my shoe to kill a bug and then instead i freeze with fear and guilt in my brain i go like "NOOOOO, I'll feel badddddd, poor insectttttt"
actually small insects are not that bad for me. I had a fire ant crawl on my belly and bite me while I was laying on the beach and I just ignored it, thought it was just my skin freaking out (allergy or something I dont know happens a lot to me) When it actually hurt A LOT I looked down, picked it up with my fingers and just tossed it away. First time I actually ignored an insect for more than 2 minutes that was on my body. Worst thing for me is actually my head imagining the creepy legs crawling on my skin. The CRAWLING is what's worst. And the constantly moving antenna and all that. The stinging, biting is not what I am afraid of is what I learned that day.
I love ladybugs, butterflies, and moths, I don't even really care about cockroaches.... But CRAINFLIES.... Full on dropping to the floor sobbing and intense panic attacks at the sight of one
Please help whenever I see a cockroach I shout so loud that even my entire neighbourhood gets disturbed , my father scolds me for this saying that I am 17 years old and showing a childlike behaviour 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
I just woke up with bad anxiety because I had a dream of grasshoppers attacking me 😭 I need to study for the exam but to reduce this anxiety so, I am searching for ways to deal with this 😔 someone help
Dude, I have had a dream like that before. I am more afraid of grasshoppers than anyone on earth, I hate grasshoppers and I hate spiders. I mean, I know I shouldn't be afraid of them, but it's like a fear that is impossible to overcome. Bro I know I'm being dramatic, but I used to like summer, and now I hate summer because of the bugs😭 I do hate grasshoppers the most though, they are little demons. What I hate more than anything is my fear of grasshoppers and spiders. I definitely think that I would be more afraid of grasshoppers and spiders than a gun being pointed in my face (if that makes sense) If I complain to anyone about it -I get made fun of or told to get over it, or I'm supposedly cowardice, and that's all true and all, but I can't even describe my hate for grasshoppers. I have to see them in the summer because I'm forced to mow the lawn. What do I do?
There was a cockroach crawling on my screen door. I fricken covered the sides of the door with paper. And by sides i mean bottom top and right. After doing that for a long time and washing my hands for like 30 minutes, i got the news that it was already dead.
Im fine with bugs but when they go in my personal space or touch me then I’m grossed out. I don’t even kill them I just keep my distance. But I’m Trying to get over that because I am passionate about working with animals so I’ll also be around bugs as a result.
I was just outside a few minutes ago, and there were a bunch of huge bugs. I ran inside and watched this video... still terribly afraid 😱 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
A guy was asleep at a bus terminal when some kids thought it would be funny to put some of thier creepy crawlers on him, trying to see if crawl into his ears etc. The dude was awake. Proceeded to catch them and put them in a glass jar. The kids wanted them back. The dude set nope. Then pulled out a magnifying glass and put the jar in the bright sun.... the dude then kept heating up and burning the creepy crawlers until his bus came.. Moral to story people minding on business catching a bus to work should be left alone. Be prepared to take what u dish up
I just saw a terrifying thing near by bed, it looked like a giant spider but with wings and I screamed and ran to my dad to remove it somehow and I had a mini panic attack. Now here I am watching this video hoping I’ll be able to sleep tonight
When i was younger i wasn't that scared of insects but now..i even feel itchy for an hour after killing them.. I don't know what to do and it's summer time..there are many cockroaches and bugs around. Someone please help me
I hate that people just laugh at me when I’m sobbing over these bugs. I live in Florida and there’s bugs EVERYWHERE during summer like you just wake up to a cockroach on the ceiling and when that happens I cant sleep even if it’s killed for two days
Zoe 🌊 Legit same! I have a huge fear of centipedes and I just saw a centipede in my kitchen and I can’t sleep. I’m sitting on my chair without my feet touching the ground and I can’t sleep or relax. It’s horrible. Like I’m not scared of any other bugs except centipedes. I’m so scared. I need help
You're NOT the only one
IKR!? When I freak out over bugs, my mom just laughs at me or tells me to get over it. Like, really? You’d think if I COULD get over it I would. Telling me that doesn’t help. I live in Georgia, so we have the same problem.
I know right? We need more videos like this, with people who are brave around bugs, instead of the videos with people screaming and running. I mean, those are funny but they don't do anything for your fear of the things. They just reinforce it. I'm trying to get over my phobia, because I'm tired of being held hostage by a darn insect!
Right, There’s nothing funny about it.. whenever I see an insect I just feel this sort of feeling that’s a mix of disgust, angriness, absolute fear, panic, uncomfortableness and sometimes it reaches a point where it’s just not laughable
"People fear what they don't understand "...
But I don't want to understand Cockroaches! !!!
Radagast Brown I have a fear of dead insects so I can’t kill them how do I understand death of these guys?
Same
Who wants
Lol
Im still scared of insects
Especially the flying ones get me running :(
Grasshopper 😭
Jumping ones tho🤢🤢🤢😭😭😭
That felt like a helicopter chasing after me
@@shonthacreator6146 💀
SAYYY AND WHEN THEY START CHASING ME I START SCREAMING AND LOCKING MYSELF INSIDE ANOTHER ROOM AND THEN MY MOTHER GROUNDS ME AND SAYS IT’S NOTHING AND MY BROTHER MAKES FUN OF ME
I’m okay with butterflies caterpillars and dragonflies as long as they don’t touch me but everything else CANNOT GO NEAR ME even ladybugs freak me out
How about moths
Ok the thing with butterfly's..same but ladybug's? 🐞 Nah I like them :3 , AS LONG AS..THEY DON'T TOUCH ME..but the thing with caterpillars? 🐛, Tbh I dont- wait..I like butterfly's but..don't like caterpillars? Yeah I really have to be honest they scare me for no reason 😂
alpha raptor jp3 moths are the scariestttt they are so annoying and they lay eggs on your cotton clothes and then the eggs hatch n turn into little caterpillar things and they cover themselves in the cotton n it holes into the material
Dragon flies scare me
i have it the opposite i cant stand caterpillars
I wish bugs could communicate with us like speak the same languages as us maybe I’d probably be a little less scared then
Imagine wasps
Bug*in bathroom*
Me:get out
Bug:ok
Sorry but if a bee came up to me and said well hi! I would pass out
Andisop err imagine
Wasp: you I’m coming for you
Me: WHAT
Y’know what I’m gonna talk to those daddy long legs and tell them “Can you please leave?” And see if the walk away
anyone with fear of coacroaches ?
I am scared to kill them even with broom😞😒
Pardon me.....but there is one right NOW....in my F'N bathroom 😢😢😢😢😢 and i dont know what to do
Yes they are hard to kill just by one hit because their shells are hard and protecting them
@@raymondgopaul2226 I had one too...BUT WITH THE POWER OF SLIPPERS IT GOT CHOPPED IN HALF. For real tho I was scared.
@@raymondgopaul2226 I hate how the same thing is happening to me right now.
@@raymondgopaul2226 i can feel that fear😣
i had tears in my eyes looking at those photos. I have a serious bug/insect phobia and im trying soo hard to fix it but nothing is working.
Nora Moss ikr and it’s even harder if ur a kid.. people run after me threatening me with bugs and I can’t I just ugh I wanna cry
Omg same I have a phobia too but this is kinda crazy cause I am actually terrified of lady birds when they fly, everytime its summer or a hot day I see loads of them in my house by the windows and I would tell my mom to get them of but at one point she would say no and I wouldn't go in the room until I knew they were gone for certain and killed
Same omg I saw two centipedes in my bathroom and a spider and now I won’t go in my bathroom and I need to get ready for the day😭
@@Jen-hr5ej same I hate it
Omg same I literally am crying
I’m scared off sleeping in my bed, i fear spiders, mohts, and other insects.
@Chip The Hammie I think that's a myth but insects can crawl into your ear which is why I stay up most nights with ear buds in cause knowing that cause my fear of bugs to get bigger.
OMG SAME WHEN I SEE JUST A SMALL BUG BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP I CAN’T SLEEP ANYMOREEE
Same
What? Moths are adorable
Moths are literally less colorful butterflies that eat your clothes when you see one in your room think of it as a butterfly
Having a fear of bugs (at least as bad as mine) feels like drowning, while everyone is shouting at you to breath. Nobody will ever know how many tears I’ve shed because of bugs, but I did this all by myself in my room, hiding it from everyone. When he showed the pray mantis... not gonna lie I cried.
Its pretty insane how people have such strong reactions to such harmless things. I would have no problems handling the biggest insects on my hands. When i was a kid and i visited a pet shop, there was an african giant millipede outside on a worker's hand and I went to pet it. It felt really nice and the millipede was just chilling. Didn't even react to me petting it. Later in life as a teenager i bought pet beetles that originated from Africa. Beautiful green fruit eating beetles that chilled the heck out 24/7. They were so chill that i changed a few friends' and family members opinions about insects
Praying Mantises are one of the coolest bugs what do you mean??
@@eetuthereindeer6671 good for u some people like me have had traumatic experience with bugs that have scarred us
@@KianaSizemore a big bumblebee flied on my face. I got so scared 😂 nowadays its just cute when that happens. Bumblebees mean no harm to anyone
I really love looking at photos of insects, especially magnified pictures. But don't expect me to get within touching distance on purpose. Lol
I fear big insects that fly...especially the dark ones or with long feet (like the stink bug for example)...😫 I know they cannot do anything to me or that I am bigger then any insect but I fear they can somehow land on me and I feel them...I hate the feeling of an insect on my skin....
facts
Or on my food
Literally same i wish I could get over the fear of them but I can’t 😭
im afraid of ladybugs.. its been tough
Hearing about deadly insects made me fear all the other insects ..
Abderrahmane Faiz sorry still too scared
funny this is i’m only here because of a fireflie
I can't even have an ant on me or else I'll start itching *everywhere*
Damn he's a good speaker
Edit: Thank for the likes! First time getting a big number :)
Another thing. I can’t have the thought of bugs when i’m trying to sleep or else i’ll start itching everywhere and it won’t stop. I’ve had four occasions where i could not sleep.
MICHAEL VILCHEZ YES once I see a bug I keep feeling like it’s on me in random places
Same D:
Omgosh me too but I'm allergic to them too have u ever like had ur nose be so itch from seeing small bugs if so me too 😂😂😂
When I see bugs.............I feel like its in my body. I keep having pictures in my head of the insect for a month and ahead I really hate that. I wish to overcome this😢😢😢
Ashley 09 Ik same
these pictures made me feel like things were crawling on me
Still the biggest NOPE ever.
Cockroaches or anything that flies (except butterflies) gives me panic attacks.
Same
Min yoongi Meow actually, YeS. 👉🏻👈🏻
W e e b onetime there was a bug in my bed and I had a panic attack crying hyperventilating and everything
Not dem dragonfly’s doe Dey be nice and eat the other onez
Butterflies and other bugs dont really terrify me, Im just disgusted lmao idk why...
This man is the perfect mix between pretty insane and incredibly wise
i have a terrible fear of incects. its ruining my life! any ideas on how 2 get over it?
Just know, most insects aint dangerous so rather than killing them, trap them in a box and take carefully throw them outside
Evelyn Mundt same. I dont know how to overcome and its affecting my life since i live in an apartment complex full of insects/spiders and even mice xD
i've heard that putting one in a jar and holding said jar is a step forward
Work on looking at pictures of bugs, then listening to sounds of them, and then watching videos of them, and then going outside. Just do what your scared of and know that you can take as long as you need until you feel comfortable. Just know that baby steps are very important! You’ve got this you guys. I’ll let you know if I can overcome this, and if I can you can! I have an extreme fear of bugs, I don’t go outside in the summer and I’m tired of it. I’ve been avoiding bugs for years and they give me panic attacks constantly. And my friends think it’s a big joke but it’s not it’s seriously ruining my life and it’s total bull!
Hypnotize. Also, just stop it.
I’m 11 and I’m still petrified and.. I can never tell other kids I’m scared of bugs because they land up threatening me and running after me with one in their hand and I just feel like crying because it’s hard to live when people do that to you, ik bugs don’t hurt I just can’t stand looking at them I cringe and start shaking bcuz I feel like they on me and I hate it... but I am going to try remember bugs are like humans, they run this planet and we need them.
Same with me
Except I became 11 5 days ago
Ik I had a huge panic attack because there was one on my bed
🥺 aww
hope ur less scared of bugs now!
I have a son with entomophobia, hes seen every therapist possible... he doesnt go out in the spring or summer only in the fall and winter!!! It has made our family wonder qhat else can i do to help him get over this phobia safely!! Hes an amazing muscician in the works and hasnt been able to join symphonies or orchestras for the fact that they preform outdoors during spring and summer. I hope he can over come this phobia and learn about bugs this way he can continue to build a future...ty for this Ted talk ..i agree...people fear the unknown!!!! As a parent i wish i can give him my freedom from the fear of bugs so he can continue to rise up!!!
I hate freakin inscets, how do I stop thissssss :(
My cousin : "There's a cockroach on the wall"
Me : "It's okay, it won't touch you"
Cockroach : *starts flying*
Us : EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYAAAAAAAAA
😞
relateable
There's a lot to take away from this video, as I have also been having this phobia, and it's of flying insects. As long as they don't fly they don't get me running. I'm not afraid of them in the outdoors, but once they enter the house, especially if it's a small house (where I currently live), I get quite jumpy even from a housefly. I tried to deal with it through a number of ways by telling myself that it's a thousand times smaller than me, but it doesn't help. But I've made a major step: I put on my headphones with some hard rock music to get me pumped up and face the fear. In that way, it cancels out the buzzing sound and enables me to at least face them and kill them with this bug spray. I think this past one week, I killed like 15 houseflies, BIG ONES. Although I've been dealing with them, it's giving me a bit of anxiety and I have to keep checking if they are there, before I heat up my food, because they roam in the kitchen. Hope some of you guys relate to this :)
That’s gotta be the most badass way to conquer a fear! I hope your fear is bothering you less nowadays
@@chickennuggetpaw Thanks a lot, I found a simpler solution soon after that: A much more comfortable living space. I still have the fear, but I find ways to avoid fearful encounters.
Can you share with us please those ways to face that fear, I'm in the same situation :/
I was attacked by fire ants several times when I was 3 years old. I used step on fire ant houses when I would play on my grandads farm in Louisiana. Thousands of them would chomping on me all over. I use to get stung by bees and wasp a lot too. I’m still traumatized. I think I need to be hypnotized to get over this bs.
I had a similar experience in elementary school. I fell into a fire ant hill. Some of the worst pain I ever felt. Caused me some trauma. I think this contributes to my fear of bugs.
I am soooooooooooooooooo scared of any type of bugs, when I see one near me I get up and run, One time there was a spider in my room and I couldn’t sleep until I knew it was dead, one time me and my mom were coming home from something and there was caterpillars everywhere, I wouldn’t get out of the car for a while because I didn’t want them to touch me,it was summer in a super hot day so my parents had to force me out, they said I couldn’t go to camp if I didn’t get out. So I opened the door and bolted to the house.
We have like a fuzzy carpet that’s like a light brown and I saw something moving out of the corner of my eye and it was a spider that blended in with the carpet and I lost it and i couldn’t sit on the ground for a week
Me too. :(
Go to camp..... Usually camps are outdoors. Bugs are outdoors, kids are smart - coming from a kid.
I'm afraid of all arthropods include shrimps because they look like insect
What makes you feel that you are superior to spiders?
If I see one bug at night, I am standing in the middle of my room. Light, and phone. Don’t want to go to bed to see bugs on me-
LOOOOL SAME 😭
I can take a freaking lion any time but not a fking flying roach
I am absolutely petrified of bugs, especially stink bugs or any other bug that flies.
This person thinks someone who has a fear of insects is gonna be like “ok I’ll just stop being afraid of insects then”
Lol 😒
No he’s just saying don’t let fear control your life 🙂
He's saying we fear what we don't understand. Our ignorance handicaps us. Educate yourself and your fear may lessen or leave you altogether. Worked for me. Won't hurt to try.
Girlypop this person was once afraid, had a PHOBIA about insects too!
You missed his point, ignorance is what fuels fear. 'People fear what they don't understand.'
What's really strange is I find insects fascinating, but if one were to be near me or on me I'm terrified ! I went through a butterfly enclosure with a guy I support at work and I was on constant edge all the way through the room, and they were huuuge! 😂
I find them really fascinating, but the bigger the insect/arachnid is, the less afraid i am of it. Small tiny little bugs scare me a lot more than big ones that are easy to spot and examine
@@tri-angel for me if they aren't moving I'm almost always fine, unless there's a ton.
But like dragon flies and butterflies and big moths don't bother me. But like a little gnat can trigger an attack sometimes. I think it's a control thing.
Butterflies are just airborne worms 🤢
@@tri-angel I personally hate both big and small ones
Just took my 9 year old son to a butterfly enclosure and he was terrified!
yeah i think i'll skip on becoming an entomologist
The adults around me would kill insects and would tell me terrifying facts about the ones outside and to this day wonder why I’m afraid of everything. 🙃sigh🙃
I’m watching this while currently locked out of my room cause of a wasp
Everyday i wish to cover my entire body with cling wrap. Tired of checking every corner of every room every minute. Spend endless amount of time cleaning and keeping things as tidy as possible. It's exhausting
I understand his point and how truly fascinating they are but I am just so disgusted by them at the same time and I have an uncontrollable physiological aversion to them
Same. People think it's funny. But I literally feel like I could have a heart attack by being too close to one.
BUTTERFLIES, BEETLES, ROACHES, GRASSHOPPERS, OH MY GOD- THEY'RE TERRIFYING ASFFFF
I’m scared of bugs but not terrified but I don’t want to have to go in a room for 24 hours with cockroaches just to lose my fear
It’s Only The Cockroaches That I Cant Stand 😱😰😨
Octavions YT literally the only ones and I feel like the follow me LMFAO
ItzStarPlaxyz I had four in my house this week
Cockroaches...LOOK AT BEETLES BRO.
@@kayloii209 I can Stand Beetles... It’s only Cockroaches that I Really Hate.
@@Shuma... eh I’m not scared of those 🥴
I hate bugs. Like if I see a fricking butterfly flying to me I’ll start dodging my life out of existence like literally.
Sameee
Same I wish I wasn’t scared though
Yeah I cried.. Also, I had childhood trauma where they crawled inside my ear, spiders were biting my face, a centipede was in my hair, I had over 70 bug bites. I had 30 ticks. I was in the hospital for blood loss and severe and poisonous bug bites. Now I understand they can do cool things, and I do respect honey bees and honey bees ONLY, but I either cry, have a panic attack, hyperventilate, or pass out when I see even small insects..
looking at these comments are giving me more things to think about
This moment when some fly thing is on your wall and you're trying not to be scared of it.
I called him Günther btw
What happened to him
_i cried because I went outside I don’t think i want to know what I’m missing_
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.
Thank you for that reminder.
Daniel Terry thanks. God Bless You
Thank you
I’m missing out on more than that. I don’t go outside because of my fear of them. I only go outside ushering the winter
Same, I can only really live in cold areas
I have two stories:
1. When I was around 6 years old my parents were watching some animal planet insect shows I don't know but the point is that I sat there adn watched a bit with them (i wasn't so scared that time but I was a little bit) and later I went to bed (like I normally do) AND I FRIKIN WOKE UP AT THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SEEING BUNCH OF MOVING INSECTS WALKING ON ME!!!!!! I WAS NOT DREAMING!! I SCREADMED AND RAN TO MY PARENTS! IT WAS SOOO SCARY (sorry for caps but it was soooo scaryyyyyy).... And since that I can say I have phobia...
2. There was literally a spider in my room and I told my mom but she didn't wanna kill it because they eat some small bugs or wahtever but I wasn't planning on sleeping being scared that spider will "climb" on me. My mom told me it won't get down (on my bed or floor) but I still didn't want it in my room. I was like "Just put it anywhere else! Just not in my room 😭😭!"
So she gently picked it up and put it outside the window. Then I was very happy 😊
Funny story; I went camping about 2 months ago, and we had a lantern when it got dark. This attracted these GIANT FLYING BEETLES. I was absolutely terrified, and stayed in the tent for the entire time until we made the fire, and even then I was scared a bug would come, and freaked out whenever someone turned their flashlight on. :’)
What's funny about that??
@@trawlins396it’s an expression
There's a roach in my room and I don't know where it went :')
BRUH SAME
In your pillow
Same. Now I'm even scared to move:)
This guy talks about fear so much he should be the new Scarecrow
It runs my life. I live in south Louisiana they’re everywhere they come into your house. I live my life in fear and I stay inside
Do you want to at least get over your fear? Because your not gong to be any better if you just avoid them
I just hate it that when I get scared at bugs my dad just yells because he isn’t scared of them 😢
My dad used to do the same to me when I was little. I am absolutely petrified of bugs.
I’m watching this cuz I just had a cockroach on my bed
Same
Oh God, so sorry for you guys
It makes me kinda glad knowing there's a lot of people with this fobias, but i really need to know if any of you has overcome the fear of croaches and how you achieved it. I feel it's getting worse :(
Growing up dirt poor we ain’t have time to be afraid of insects. My grandma used to tell me if I was scared of a roach imagine how scared I would be of actual life threatening situations.
This weirdly made me feel better
Nah, that's the whole thing about these kinds of phobias. They make no sense. You might be able to play with snakes or or do all kinds of dangerous things, but then run screaming from the sight of a cockroach.
I can hold snakes, but insects make me run my 4$$ the opposite way
I always thought I was just arachnophobic, but I just saw a house centipede crawl on my TV and my wall and I had to frantically Google "long brown but with long antenna" until I found it
I'm scared that at night an earwig will crawl into my ear and pinch my eardum :(
lol that's hilarious
@@abcd-vi8jh that's really common. Happened to an uncle once and he didn't know what the pain was until it just fell out of his ear.
@@belon7231 and they feast on ur insides?
They aren't known to do that! They likely won't even pinch you unless you're bothering them. They can't carry diseases either. Also, they're one of the only insects that mother their young! They clean and protect the eggs from predators while going without food themselves, and when they hatch she shows them how to find food and waits until they go through some of their molting stages to let them go.
I used to be terrified of them, and they still creep me out a bit, but they don't bother me so much anymore knowing this :)
Earwigs dont actually go in ears. In fact they hate small spaces 😀
I have terrible Entomophobia but I also think they are super fascinating and cool! It really sucks not being able to enjoy something so cool in person because of instinctual terror
This phobia is ruining me like every day 😍 the other day found a spider in the bathtub the other day and proceeded to have a breakdown even after like 20 minutes of it being dead and removed. Even when I was forced to go shower I stood at the other end and as far away as I could
Even small flies are hellspawn to me what do I do abt this 😭
i just saw a cockroach hanging upside down on the loft stairs and it has wings :,> help me plz
GET A GUN AND SHOOT ITTTT
I have such severe bug phobia when I went to type spider and the spider emoji popped up for a second I thought it was an actual spider so I screamed, jumped of my bed and threw my iPad on the floor.
Its 2:27 am and i found a water bug in my room. I'm shaking, sweating, and i cant sleep anymore. Im in my den downstairs and frantically looking around just in case it comes down stairs. Im so scared i can't think or type straight.
I can’t handle centipedes or millipedes whenever I think about them I wanna jump out a window. I start itching and sweating skfjs and I end up imagining them crawling on me and NOPE
sarah geary
Its understandable tbh. Some species of those are dangerous. You can’t tell just from looking on a glance what type they are and you’ve only got a few seconds to deal with the problem.
I searched "fear of insects" just for entertainment because i love insects alot. They're very adorable and while there are a FEW harmful ones, its like saying you hate mammals because of rats
What's wrong with rats? ☹️
I can't even deal with flies. I just want to be able to go outside like a normal person
I can do spiders, I even believe Tarantula’s are the sweetest most misunderstood creatures. Saying that though I can’t handle cockroaches I CANT 🤮
Samuel Meares me ethier
The only bug I'm afraid of is bloody wasps
Wasps are the fuckin worst, they're just cunts with wings
skye the dragongirl lmao
I am still scary of bug
Hey don't mock them for english not being their first language
majestic and terrifying
I know it’s a common belief that bees and wasps don’t sting unless provoked, but I’m living proof that this isn’t always true. I’ve been sitting still, I’ve been walking far away from any hive, I’ve been laying down, standing, whatever. And regardless, I’ve still been stung for no reason by passing wasps/bees. Once I was at least 30 feet away from a hive minding my own business passing by, and I got swarmed by like 10 bees. Like i said, I’ve never provoked them, I’ve never been too close to their hive, I’ve never swatted at them, yet I still get stung
I can't say this for sure but the swarm's previous nest could have been disrupted and destroyed by other people.
This honestly helped me chill after a run in with a centipede in my bathroom.
I haven't eating for 2 days because I saw a cockroach I'm so scared I can't go downstairs and get out of my room I'm so hungry.....
Lol
I am crying reading this
Lmao
I can’t think about bugs or every time I touch something I think it’s on me. genuinely wanna cry because there’s a fly in my room rn
I'm not afraid of what i don't understand. I fully understand bugs and find them super interesting. But tiny bugs cause this really strong anxiety reaction in me and I feel like they are all over me. I get super itchy and I have issues with my scalp, and the two combined cause me to constantly be scratching it till it bleeds.
I'm also 'afraid' of bugs that are fast, where one moment you can see them and the next you can't. It's a control issue.
Lastly, I'm not really afraid of them, but things like flies/gnats or any flying insect that doesn't understand personal space cause anxiety in me. It relates to the last one in that I'm pretty sure it's a control issue. But the noise of flies and bees also triggers my misophonia.
But if any of these bugs are completely still, they don't bother me. I am scared of bees when they fly but I once sat for 5 minutes with a cute bee just resting on my hand. And I LOVE dragon/damsel flies. They are one of the most amazing creatures ever. Sometimes they intimidate me, but I've never had them cause me anxiety.
I am and have been a lifelong arachnophobic and no one is not an arachnophobic will never understand the phobia fear stress and anxiety that comes with it
I understand 100%. It's not merely a "fear" of spiders, it's so much more than that.
@@trawlins396 not really it is just spiders that are petrifying
It’s cicada season and I’m sitting in my car bawling my eyes out because they are around my door. It’s 11 pm, and I’m extremely tired. I can’t deal with this. I really need help.
Mood
I'm with you 💗💗
Good TED talk Samuel. I love the part when you said people fear what they don't understand. I'm terrified of caterpillar, and scare on small insects even mites. I already tried to understand them by watched pictures, videos, and read everything about them, but I don't know why I'm still afraid. I don't know how to overcome this anymore. Really need help!
thank you for making my fear worse
Honestly... I fear insects but i can't bring myself to kill em. Like, I bring up my shoe to kill a bug and then instead i freeze with fear and guilt in my brain i go like "NOOOOO, I'll feel badddddd, poor insectttttt"
I’m only terrified of stink bugs , 40 years of debilitating fear, can’t even look at a picture of them.
actually small insects are not that bad for me. I had a fire ant crawl on my belly and bite me while I was laying on the beach and I just ignored it, thought it was just my skin freaking out (allergy or something I dont know happens a lot to me) When it actually hurt A LOT I looked down, picked it up with my fingers and just tossed it away. First time I actually ignored an insect for more than 2 minutes that was on my body. Worst thing for me is actually my head imagining the creepy legs crawling on my skin. The CRAWLING is what's worst. And the constantly moving antenna and all that. The stinging, biting is not what I am afraid of is what I learned that day.
I love ladybugs, butterflies, and moths, I don't even really care about cockroaches.... But CRAINFLIES.... Full on dropping to the floor sobbing and intense panic attacks at the sight of one
Please help whenever I see a cockroach I shout so loud that even my entire neighbourhood gets disturbed , my father scolds me for this saying that I am 17 years old and showing a childlike behaviour 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
🥺🥺🥺🥺
I just woke up with bad anxiety because I had a dream of grasshoppers attacking me 😭 I need to study for the exam but to reduce this anxiety so, I am searching for ways to deal with this 😔 someone help
Dude, I have had a dream like that before.
I am more afraid of grasshoppers than anyone on earth, I hate grasshoppers and I hate spiders.
I mean, I know I shouldn't be afraid of them, but it's like a fear that is impossible to overcome.
Bro I know I'm being dramatic, but I used to like summer, and now I hate summer because of the bugs😭
I do hate grasshoppers the most though, they are little demons.
What I hate more than anything is my fear of grasshoppers and spiders.
I definitely think that I would be more afraid of grasshoppers and spiders than a gun being pointed in my face (if that makes sense)
If I complain to anyone about it -I get made fun of or told to get over it, or I'm supposedly cowardice, and that's all true and all, but I can't even describe my hate for grasshoppers.
I have to see them in the summer because I'm forced to mow the lawn.
What do I do?
I'm scared of butterflies and ants.... I cant do bugs at all 😖😭
Now I am more afraid of insects bcs I've just realised that there are so many more crippy insects than I had ever known.
Imagine he’s walking down the hallway and just hears *SmOoSh*
There was a cockroach crawling on my screen door. I fricken covered the sides of the door with paper. And by sides i mean bottom top and right. After doing that for a long time and washing my hands for like 30 minutes, i got the news that it was already dead.
Im fine with bugs but when they go in my personal space or touch me then I’m grossed out. I don’t even kill them I just keep my distance. But I’m Trying to get over that because I am passionate about working with animals so I’ll also be around bugs as a result.
I was just outside a few minutes ago, and there were a bunch of huge bugs. I ran inside and watched this video... still terribly afraid 😱 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
Morpho what an irony and you have a picture of an insect in your profile lol
Im trying to fight a Cockroach rn 😭 im SCARED DDDD
A guy was asleep at a bus terminal when some kids thought it would be funny to put some of thier creepy crawlers on him, trying to see if crawl into his ears etc.
The dude was awake. Proceeded to catch them and put them in a glass jar.
The kids wanted them back. The dude set nope. Then pulled out a magnifying glass and put the jar in the bright sun.... the dude then kept heating up and burning the creepy crawlers until his bus came..
Moral to story people minding on business catching a bus to work should be left alone. Be prepared to take what u dish up
An earwig was on my bed and it was so scary I’m scared to sleep 😭😭😭😭
Wtf is an earwig
Kīńg - G it’s a bug look it up
Dude, your dad is amazing.
I don’t fear them I just can’t kill them that’s what scares me
I manage to fail at killing them and bam I move to Minnesota
@@mobbyyy__ lmaoooooo
@TukTuk not the coach roach
If you fear insects, it doesn't help knowing insects outweigh humans 300 times...
I want to like bugs I really do... they're fascinating, and lowkey kinda cute!
But whenever I see one my brain just *panics*
I just saw a terrifying thing near by bed, it looked like a giant spider but with wings and I screamed and ran to my dad to remove it somehow and I had a mini panic attack. Now here I am watching this video hoping I’ll be able to sleep tonight
Just found 2 spiders in my room and ran out. Now I'm watching this
No matter what, my fear of cockroaches will NEVER go away
Thank u so much I’m not scare of them but if they land on me...
Oh no
When i was younger i wasn't that scared of insects but now..i even feel itchy for an hour after killing them..
I don't know what to do and it's summer time..there are many cockroaches and bugs around.
Someone please help me