i imagine a lot of people are very afraid of insects, yes
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i mean, no? not to the extent that i am talking about. i do not mean “ahh! a bug!” i mean i get anxiety attacks, start crying, and have extreme intrusive thoughts from stuff as simple as people talking about bugs too much. seeing them freaks me out a ton as well, and prevents me from doing some things that I like doing (yknow, like going outside) esp during the summer bc my fear of encountering insects makes me afraid to hike or walk in foresty areas
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i love nature dearly. terrified of bugs. moreso than most animals because theyre so unpredictable. i also am very anxious about being clean so i freak out a bit touching dirt despite the fact i want to be out there
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summers coming and all the big ass flies that want to eat my blood and sweat will be here soon. not looking forward to it
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let me rephrase, then
i know, have seen, have been around, so many people who are deathly afraid of insects to the point that it clouds my view about how many people are afraid of them
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i’m trying to say you’re not one in a billion
a lot of people experience the same fear
it was meant to be comforting, since you expressed feeling better that one person had the same experience
It does cause me a mild panic episode when I dream of spiders or I see a big spider, especially legs or it tangling or it being an unique one or a big one
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frankly for me im scared by most animals. except like. most birds. birds are chill as fuck they just hang out.
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My intrusive thoughts start with what if it creeps from things like my keyboard while currently typing on it or what if I get assaulted right now. But it’s best to ignore this feeling otherwise it will centralize itself
in my experience i feel very misunderstood when i say am severely afraid of insects, usually always leading me to then have to give examples of my behavior in order to secure better understanding, because when people hear that im afraid of insects/severly afraid of insects/have a severe phobia of insects they do not understand what I mean. they think I get uncomfortable and scared of a few bugs but like, a lot of people do. they typically do not immediately understand that i mean like, “this severely affects my wellbeing, has lead to public embarrassment for myself, has lead to me unintentionally injuring myself, and takes a large part in what I decide to do on a day-to-day basis” (and even then, after i have explained these things, there have been people who just Do Not Understand)
so when you say “oh! tons of people have this fear!” i immediately took this to mean as you assuming my fear was not as serious as I meant, since most people do. sorry for misunderstanding
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sorry
i meant to say “i know people who physically go mute out of fear” from insects
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i’m afraid of insects but i’m still able to function, for example
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occasionally ill find a bug doing some routine task and I’ll be frozen in fear trying to do that task again because what if theres another bug. fortunately it has been a minute since my last jumpscare
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just shoot them smh
(ignore the fact that they’re too small and agile to reliably hit)
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oh thats the issue with shooting the bug. that theyre difficult to hit. not like, the severe property damage or sound of gunfire. got it
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yeah trust me bro /j
LITERALLY
Clover, no!
Too late.
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