Afraid of insects? You have no idea what you're missing | Samuel Ramsey | TEDxMontgomeryBlairHS

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  • Ramsey chronicles the evolution from his intense childhood fear of insects to his career choice as an entomologist. He explores how he overcame the barrier of fear in entering the realm of entomology, in a talk brimmed at once with humour and a call to action. The TH-cam channel mentioned can be found here: • Doctor Buggs -Hugest M...
    An entomologist at the University of Maryland, Ramsey works to better understand the behavior of parasitic and predatory insects. In the past, he has delved into understanding the biting behavior of ladybugs and wasps. He is currently studying the Varroa mite, an arachnid that is one of the leading causes of honeybee death in the US.
    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

ความคิดเห็น • 621

  • @RadagastBrown420
    @RadagastBrown420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1082

    "People fear what they don't understand "...
    But I don't want to understand Cockroaches! !!!

    • @bluestareverything9716
      @bluestareverything9716 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Radagast Brown I have a fear of dead insects so I can’t kill them how do I understand death of these guys?

    • @rachaelcole9750
      @rachaelcole9750 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same

    • @idfcagainidfc25
      @idfcagainidfc25 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Who wants

    • @lostandgone9929
      @lostandgone9929 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol

    • @Kim00ra
      @Kim00ra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Im still scared of insects

  • @zoupsoup1463
    @zoupsoup1463 5 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    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

    • @carlysmith6618
      @carlysmith6618 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      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

    • @skyesfallenxx
      @skyesfallenxx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You're NOT the only one

    • @chickennuggetpaw1017
      @chickennuggetpaw1017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      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.

    • @leeleeturn
      @leeleeturn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      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!

    • @deed6141
      @deed6141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      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

  • @mistypedhi
    @mistypedhi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mosquito hawks, dragonflies and butterflies don't scare me..the rest do. Especially roaches and beetles. I see how so many bugs are good environmentally but like what does a roach even do for us ?? Anyone ??

  • @purinsann21403
    @purinsann21403 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have fear of caterpillar,It all started when i went to a museum about butterfly in the field trip when i was little,Ever since i saw it for the first time,I was all scared now till these day some of my friend is still scaring me with leaf that " has caterpillar in it " yet ,NO ONE UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS SCARED OF IT

  • @closmasmas9080
    @closmasmas9080 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m watching this because there is a huge cockroach that I’m afraid of killing/touching

  • @beyzaercan3077
    @beyzaercan3077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    Especially the flying ones get me running :(

    • @mohankirar
      @mohankirar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Grasshopper 😭

    • @deed6141
      @deed6141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Jumping ones tho🤢🤢🤢😭😭😭

    • @shonthacreator6146
      @shonthacreator6146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That felt like a helicopter chasing after me

    • @kayloii209
      @kayloii209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shonthacreator6146 💀

    • @Hadesedah
      @Hadesedah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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

  • @dishadhouliyan5190
    @dishadhouliyan5190 5 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    anyone with fear of coacroaches ?
    I am scared to kill them even with broom😞😒

    • @raymondgopaul2226
      @raymondgopaul2226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Pardon me.....but there is one right NOW....in my F'N bathroom 😢😢😢😢😢 and i dont know what to do

    • @anon5311
      @anon5311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes they are hard to kill just by one hit because their shells are hard and protecting them

    • @kiwi4493
      @kiwi4493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@raymondgopaul2226 I had one too...BUT WITH THE POWER OF SLIPPERS IT GOT CHOPPED IN HALF. For real tho I was scared.

    • @itsJM8
      @itsJM8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@raymondgopaul2226 I hate how the same thing is happening to me right now.

    • @dishadhouliyan5190
      @dishadhouliyan5190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@raymondgopaul2226 i can feel that fear😣

  • @zoupsoup1463
    @zoupsoup1463 5 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    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

    • @alpharaptorjp3134
      @alpharaptorjp3134 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How about moths

    • @mysugarkittens1301
      @mysugarkittens1301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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 😂

    • @nadine5613
      @nadine5613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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

    • @idk-uv7mt
      @idk-uv7mt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dragon flies scare me

    • @fix823
      @fix823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i have it the opposite i cant stand caterpillars

  • @marial10
    @marial10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    I’m scared off sleeping in my bed, i fear spiders, mohts, and other insects.

    • @malikkkai2640
      @malikkkai2640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @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.

    • @Hadesedah
      @Hadesedah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      OMG SAME WHEN I SEE JUST A SMALL BUG BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP I CAN’T SLEEP ANYMOREEE

    • @vishrut1625
      @vishrut1625 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @galacticlouds155
      @galacticlouds155 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What? Moths are adorable

    • @ZADDYHOOK
      @ZADDYHOOK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Moths are literally less colorful butterflies that eat your clothes when you see one in your room think of it as a butterfly

  • @mrmister1657
    @mrmister1657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +615

    I wish bugs could communicate with us like speak the same languages as us maybe I’d probably be a little less scared then

    • @DakidWavy
      @DakidWavy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Imagine wasps

    • @Yoyo-um6vs
      @Yoyo-um6vs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Bug*in bathroom*
      Me:get out
      Bug:ok

    • @crystallabella7944
      @crystallabella7944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Sorry but if a bee came up to me and said well hi! I would pass out

    • @crystallabella7944
      @crystallabella7944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Andisop err imagine
      Wasp: you I’m coming for you
      Me: WHAT

    • @pxnkpaste5792
      @pxnkpaste5792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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

  • @luciatat4084
    @luciatat4084 5 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    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....

    • @user-ve2wx8om6i
      @user-ve2wx8om6i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      facts

    • @zseedorman8776
      @zseedorman8776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Or on my food

    • @skylerlawson5027
      @skylerlawson5027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Literally same i wish I could get over the fear of them but I can’t 😭

    • @Clownish.mp4
      @Clownish.mp4 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      im afraid of ladybugs.. its been tough

  • @lawrencemichael5571
    @lawrencemichael5571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Still the biggest NOPE ever.

  • @noramoss6351
    @noramoss6351 6 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    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.

    • @Jen-hr5ej
      @Jen-hr5ej 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      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

    • @juliastalska4562
      @juliastalska4562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      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

    • @anoname5935
      @anoname5935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      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😭

    • @ogwalker2566
      @ogwalker2566 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Jen-hr5ej same I hate it

    • @rachaelcole9750
      @rachaelcole9750 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Omg same I literally am crying

  • @RazzDazzle
    @RazzDazzle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    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.

    • @ashley0980
      @ashley0980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      MICHAEL VILCHEZ YES once I see a bug I keep feeling like it’s on me in random places

    • @bluekat7366
      @bluekat7366 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same D:

    • @Nowmepersonally
      @Nowmepersonally 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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 😂😂😂

    • @sarahsanga5773
      @sarahsanga5773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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😢😢😢

    • @idk-uv7mt
      @idk-uv7mt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ashley 09 Ik same

  • @abderrahmanefaiz2684
    @abderrahmanefaiz2684 7 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    Hearing about deadly insects made me fear all the other insects ..

    • @marinadaniel9840
      @marinadaniel9840 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Abderrahmane Faiz sorry still too scared

    • @L-NK-S
      @L-NK-S 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      funny this is i’m only here because of a fireflie

  • @carnifex8078
    @carnifex8078 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    My cousin : "There's a cockroach on the wall"
    Me : "It's okay, it won't touch you"
    Cockroach : *starts flying*
    Us : EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYAAAAAAAAA

  • @leenan15
    @leenan15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    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.

    • @eetuthereindeer6671
      @eetuthereindeer6671 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

    • @breadybreadoriginal
      @breadybreadoriginal ปีที่แล้ว

      Praying Mantises are one of the coolest bugs what do you mean??

    • @KianaSizemore
      @KianaSizemore ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@eetuthereindeer6671 good for u some people like me have had traumatic experience with bugs that have scarred us

    • @eetuthereindeer6671
      @eetuthereindeer6671 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

    • @WhitneySt0rmy
      @WhitneySt0rmy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I really love looking at photos of insects, especially magnified pictures. But don't expect me to get within touching distance on purpose. Lol

  • @misslula1209
    @misslula1209 6 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    i have a terrible fear of incects. its ruining my life! any ideas on how 2 get over it?

    • @xownxit3119
      @xownxit3119 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Just know, most insects aint dangerous so rather than killing them, trap them in a box and take carefully throw them outside

    • @VintorezNL
      @VintorezNL 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      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

    • @zoeblopaistinpannu5278
      @zoeblopaistinpannu5278 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i've heard that putting one in a jar and holding said jar is a step forward

    • @lythist1849
      @lythist1849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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!

    • @seanthemoneymagnet2158
      @seanthemoneymagnet2158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hypnotize. Also, just stop it.

  • @nadine5613
    @nadine5613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    these pictures made me feel like things were crawling on me

  • @loubna2365
    @loubna2365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I hate freakin inscets, how do I stop thissssss :(

  • @Shuma...
    @Shuma... 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    It’s Only The Cockroaches That I Cant Stand 😱😰😨

    • @unknownshorty3461
      @unknownshorty3461 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Octavions YT literally the only ones and I feel like the follow me LMFAO

    • @idk-uv7mt
      @idk-uv7mt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ItzStarPlaxyz I had four in my house this week

    • @kayloii209
      @kayloii209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cockroaches...LOOK AT BEETLES BRO.

    • @Shuma...
      @Shuma... 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kayloii209 I can Stand Beetles... It’s only Cockroaches that I Really Hate.

    • @kayloii209
      @kayloii209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Shuma... eh I’m not scared of those 🥴

  • @donttouchmahfaceu8209
    @donttouchmahfaceu8209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Cockroaches or anything that flies (except butterflies) gives me panic attacks.

    • @salomenaartsandedits3604
      @salomenaartsandedits3604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @donttouchmahfaceu8209
      @donttouchmahfaceu8209 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Min yoongi Meow actually, YeS. 👉🏻👈🏻

    • @idk-uv7mt
      @idk-uv7mt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      W e e b onetime there was a bug in my bed and I had a panic attack crying hyperventilating and everything

    • @itspeaxchyxx4953
      @itspeaxchyxx4953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not dem dragonfly’s doe Dey be nice and eat the other onez

    • @kaiamamiya
      @kaiamamiya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Butterflies and other bugs dont really terrify me, Im just disgusted lmao idk why...

  • @devontasson6556
    @devontasson6556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I’m watching this cuz I just had a cockroach on my bed

  • @manpro2433
    @manpro2433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can take a freaking lion any time but not a fking flying roach

  • @damemeboi4206
    @damemeboi4206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This person thinks someone who has a fear of insects is gonna be like “ok I’ll just stop being afraid of insects then”

    • @theanummalick28
      @theanummalick28 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol 😒

    • @Slightly_Bedraggled
      @Slightly_Bedraggled 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No he’s just saying don’t let fear control your life 🙂

    • @SimoraCheeks1
      @SimoraCheeks1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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.

    • @pavelle5432
      @pavelle5432 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.'

  • @zoeblopaistinpannu5278
    @zoeblopaistinpannu5278 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    yeah i think i'll skip on becoming an entomologist

  • @Quissayilen
    @Quissayilen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    There's a roach in my room and I don't know where it went :')

  • @Flower-rm7qu
    @Flower-rm7qu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    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.

    • @alexthoma901
      @alexthoma901 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      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

    • @korraisawsome
      @korraisawsome 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too. :(

    • @MrJames-qu4kz
      @MrJames-qu4kz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Go to camp..... Usually camps are outdoors. Bugs are outdoors, kids are smart - coming from a kid.

    • @alpharaptorjp3134
      @alpharaptorjp3134 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm afraid of all arthropods include shrimps because they look like insect

    • @seanthemoneymagnet2158
      @seanthemoneymagnet2158 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What makes you feel that you are superior to spiders?

  • @Luxiferah
    @Luxiferah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    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🙃

  • @TheBlows-zr7hj
    @TheBlows-zr7hj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    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-

    • @II-nv4kt
      @II-nv4kt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOOOOL SAME 😭

  • @silas-arlo
    @silas-arlo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    looking at these comments are giving me more things to think about

  • @C4TNPC
    @C4TNPC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    i just saw a cockroach hanging upside down on the loft stairs and it has wings :,> help me plz

    • @Zadroit
      @Zadroit 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      GET A GUN AND SHOOT ITTTT

  • @efgohqefgf1441
    @efgohqefgf1441 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I'm scared that at night an earwig will crawl into my ear and pinch my eardum :(

    • @abcd-vi8jh
      @abcd-vi8jh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      lol that's hilarious

    • @FJopia
      @FJopia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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.

    • @aleski6506
      @aleski6506 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@belon7231 and they feast on ur insides?

    • @tri-angel
      @tri-angel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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 :)

    • @benpertinax
      @benpertinax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Earwigs dont actually go in ears. In fact they hate small spaces 😀

  • @Jen-hr5ej
    @Jen-hr5ej 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    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.

    • @rhaib
      @rhaib 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same with me

    • @rhaib
      @rhaib 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except I became 11 5 days ago

    • @idk-uv7mt
      @idk-uv7mt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ik I had a huge panic attack because there was one on my bed

    • @theanummalick28
      @theanummalick28 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🥺 aww

    • @floating_spoon
      @floating_spoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hope ur less scared of bugs now!

  • @samuelm5126
    @samuelm5126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    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 🤮

    • @idk-uv7mt
      @idk-uv7mt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Samuel Meares me ethier

  • @MScott91
    @MScott91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    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! 😂

    • @tri-angel
      @tri-angel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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

    • @KattLover5412
      @KattLover5412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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.

    • @chickennuggetpaw
      @chickennuggetpaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Butterflies are just airborne worms 🤢

    • @КристиянТрънбашев-ш6г
      @КристиянТрънбашев-ш6г 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tri-angel I personally hate both big and small ones

    • @mrs.spicer
      @mrs.spicer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just took my 9 year old son to a butterfly enclosure and he was terrified!

  • @Globdiglob
    @Globdiglob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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

    • @Bongbongo
      @Bongbongo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What happened to him

  • @srikrishna1263
    @srikrishna1263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    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
      @chickennuggetpaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That’s gotta be the most badass way to conquer a fear! I hope your fear is bothering you less nowadays

    • @srikrishna1263
      @srikrishna1263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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.

    • @elmetrkachaimae7162
      @elmetrkachaimae7162 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can you share with us please those ways to face that fear, I'm in the same situation :/

  • @mrmister1657
    @mrmister1657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    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

  • @diananaomi4833
    @diananaomi4833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Im trying to fight a Cockroach rn 😭 im SCARED DDDD

  • @Liza-st4ut
    @Liza-st4ut 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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.....

  • @prettycool9864
    @prettycool9864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    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.

    • @seanbarton2907
      @seanbarton2907 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @dalla5434
    @dalla5434 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I hate bugs. Like if I see a fricking butterfly flying to me I’ll start dodging my life out of existence like literally.

  • @JessicaGrey
    @JessicaGrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    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

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same. People think it's funny. But I literally feel like I could have a heart attack by being too close to one.

  • @saved_yet_so_as_by_fire
    @saved_yet_so_as_by_fire 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    2 Timothy 1:7
    For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.

    • @EricaYE6
      @EricaYE6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for that reminder.

    • @yohlahGo
      @yohlahGo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel Terry thanks. God Bless You

    • @leilani2302
      @leilani2302 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you

  • @strangeisntit6087
    @strangeisntit6087 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

    • @ParmyJan
      @ParmyJan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🥺🥺🥺🥺

  • @jodyclaudine5106
    @jodyclaudine5106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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

  • @harperstevens8185
    @harperstevens8185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I am absolutely petrified of bugs, especially stink bugs or any other bug that flies.

  • @jadenforeman
    @jadenforeman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m watching this while currently locked out of my room cause of a wasp

  • @AmiMonev
    @AmiMonev 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @arenski816
    @arenski816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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 😭

  • @catsnotcroissants6116
    @catsnotcroissants6116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    BUTTERFLIES, BEETLES, ROACHES, GRASSHOPPERS, OH MY GOD- THEY'RE TERRIFYING ASFFFF

  • @lythist1849
    @lythist1849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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

    • @thesmogo
      @thesmogo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same, I can only really live in cold areas

  • @madweeb6342
    @madweeb6342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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..

  • @chickennuggetpaw1017
    @chickennuggetpaw1017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    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. :’)

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's funny about that??

    • @elianachu.4390
      @elianachu.4390 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@trawlins396it’s an expression

  • @mumu160
    @mumu160 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am still scary of bug

    • @casper-vv6lx
      @casper-vv6lx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey don't mock them for english not being their first language

  • @vennelayeedi5124
    @vennelayeedi5124 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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

    • @dillonnelson9992
      @dillonnelson9992 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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?

  • @sarah-ku6gl
    @sarah-ku6gl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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

    • @CandyApples4ever
      @CandyApples4ever 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @Lily-tl3rs
    @Lily-tl3rs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There was a bug at the corner of my wall. It wasn’t moving for a couple days, so I left it since I was lazy. Plus cuz there was no one to kill it. I GO TO MY ROOM AND ITS NOT THERE. WHERE DID IT GO😳?? NOW IM TRYING TO WATCH THIS VIDEO TO CALM DOWN. BUT I CANTTTT.

  • @akio5250
    @akio5250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    _i cried because I went outside I don’t think i want to know what I’m missing_

  • @jeniyakamille1266
    @jeniyakamille1266 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm scared of butterflies and ants.... I cant do bugs at all 😖😭

  • @ChocolateChick1000
    @ChocolateChick1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This man is the perfect mix between pretty insane and incredibly wise

  • @AtomicParadox56
    @AtomicParadox56 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This guy talks about fear so much he should be the new Scarecrow

  • @lomouche
    @lomouche 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Im here because there is a moth as big as my thumb somewhere in my room rn and i cant go in there i need hELP

  • @lowkstrokin
    @lowkstrokin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just dont like the way they are they are just disguisting

  • @pamelacastillo5660
    @pamelacastillo5660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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 :(

  • @K-A-T1042
    @K-A-T1042 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just hate it that when I get scared at bugs my dad just yells because he isn’t scared of them 😢

    • @jessikabutler6776
      @jessikabutler6776 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My dad used to do the same to me when I was little. I am absolutely petrified of bugs.

  • @beautycrossing5584
    @beautycrossing5584 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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

    • @Mothobius
      @Mothobius 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you want to at least get over your fear? Because your not gong to be any better if you just avoid them

  • @a.r2510
    @a.r2510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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

  • @ratvioli4027
    @ratvioli4027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank u so much I’m not scare of them but if they land on me...
    Oh no

  • @ivystreams
    @ivystreams 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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 😊

  • @chandlersampson
    @chandlersampson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can't even deal with flies. I just want to be able to go outside like a normal person

  • @allie1262
    @allie1262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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 😱 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

    • @weidooo6066
      @weidooo6066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Morpho what an irony and you have a picture of an insect in your profile lol

  • @hamshaiwb5849
    @hamshaiwb5849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @filipperic5133
    @filipperic5133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am sure I have a phobia I didn't sleep in my bed 2 days after I saw a big spider on my arm and worms on my leg

  • @hopelesshaddy3332
    @hopelesshaddy3332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The bugs in my room aren't even alive yet I can't even throw them away
    I cant even look at images of bugs either like- omg
    I was scared of looking this up because I didnt want to see thumbnails of bugs
    Ugh I need to change this

  • @mattinfullvision9598
    @mattinfullvision9598 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The only bug I'm afraid of is bloody wasps

    • @skyesfallenxx
      @skyesfallenxx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wasps are the fuckin worst, they're just cunts with wings

    • @idk-uv7mt
      @idk-uv7mt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      skye the dragongirl lmao

  • @potatoefacedragon8634
    @potatoefacedragon8634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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"

  • @LittleMissSunshine721
    @LittleMissSunshine721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @malenosullivan
    @malenosullivan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    An earwig was on my bed and it was so scary I’m scared to sleep 😭😭😭😭

    • @Kiing_g
      @Kiing_g 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wtf is an earwig

    • @malenosullivan
      @malenosullivan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kīńg - G it’s a bug look it up

  • @phoenixll632
    @phoenixll632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I want to like bugs I really do... they're fascinating, and lowkey kinda cute!
    But whenever I see one my brain just *panics*

  • @drasweet1
    @drasweet1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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!!!

  • @bodaraparth8643
    @bodaraparth8643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw coackroach in my toilet I haven't gone to my toilet from 2 days

    • @idaborrel1349
      @idaborrel1349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why do I relate so much

  • @trashcast1979
    @trashcast1979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine he’s walking down the hallway and just hears *SmOoSh*

  • @hylaarborea1090
    @hylaarborea1090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have 3 madagascar roaches and im scared to handle them. Im handling huntsman spiders, venomous snakes, giant millipedes, but why am i scared of them? Because im scared to get bit but they CANT bite so im not scared of spiders or snakes but of a harmless little bug...

  • @nazmapervin7198
    @nazmapervin7198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seriously, i haven't studied The characteristics of arthropoda, bUT I still fear cockroach !!

  • @debbygrupp6401
    @debbygrupp6401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But would you be afraid of swarms of cockroaches in your small apartment???? Yes, where you live...

  • @introvertedwifi4818
    @introvertedwifi4818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @Gaggyboy8
    @Gaggyboy8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I understand 100%. It's not merely a "fear" of spiders, it's so much more than that.

    • @Gaggyboy8
      @Gaggyboy8 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@trawlins396 not really it is just spiders that are petrifying

  • @joonies_dimples
    @joonies_dimples ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am TERRIFIED of cockroaches, to be precise.. Ones that fly.

  • @briannaurie2150
    @briannaurie2150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    update: i’m here because there two mosquitos flying around my house and i’m trapped in my room

  • @zoeyslife3396
    @zoeyslife3396 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have a bad fear of bees ._.

    • @haydenmatthews7296
      @haydenmatthews7296 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

    • @idk-uv7mt
      @idk-uv7mt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zoey's Life as a kid in the spring I would never go outside because of the bees

  • @eatsamulhaq4084
    @eatsamulhaq4084 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am afraid of grasshoppers.I really want to overcome it but I don't know why,when I saw a grasshopper in front of me then I forget every thing and depressed badly.Can you please help me to overcome my fear

  • @terrykim2743
    @terrykim2743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    majestic and terrifying

  • @Meethu69
    @Meethu69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am Missing dengue , malaria , chickenguniya

  • @Anonymous-mt8wh
    @Anonymous-mt8wh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just saw a huge cockroach. Now I don't know how to fall asleep🙈

  • @youareascammer8781
    @youareascammer8781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    incects i hate: spider, cockroach, ants, and crickets
    Incects i love: buterfly, ladybugs.... And thats it XD

    • @BroZDeeZ
      @BroZDeeZ ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here broooo

  • @DarkWinterAMV
    @DarkWinterAMV ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @nik_tkmt402
    @nik_tkmt402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really hate hot weather, a cockroach and a huge insect just visited me in less than 45 minutes, I have to work tomorrow and I won't sleep well and I'll have this puffy eyes in the morning because of crying, thank God if you don't have any phobia or any mental disorder.

  • @Idyllicfae
    @Idyllicfae 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.