Irrational fears.

JustAThought · 17-07-2019 01:25PM #1

Im going to have to go shower free or use the gym tonight because there is a butterfly on the cealing of the bathroom and I have an irrational terror of them. All windows open and freezing while brishing my teeth downstairs in the sink. I cannot bear the thought of being in the room if it flutters or moves. Does anyone else have an irrational fear?

Stevieluvsye · 17-07-2019 01:26PM

JustAThought wrote: »

Im going to have to go shower free or use the gym tonight because yhere is a butterfly on the cealing of the bathroom and I have an irrational terror of them. All windows open and freezing while brishing my teeth in the sink. I cannot bear the thought of being in the room if it flutters or moves. Does anyone else have an irrational fear?

Similar, but Moths are my fear

JustAThought · 17-07-2019 01:28PM

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Similar, but Moths are my fear

Yes. Me too - it is a darker and more realistic fear.. But I am sick at the sight of butterflies also and people put them on everything - cards, cups,bookcovers, coushins. It makes looking normal very difficuly sometimes. Moths are evil creatures.I cannot rest in a house where there is one. Or more.

sbsquarepants · 17-07-2019 01:29PM

You'd hate my house at the moment so - my daughter loves butterflies, so i have planted butterfly attracting plants all over the garden and we're growing caterpillars on top of the fridge in a plastic cup!
They should start making cocoons in the next few days, think it takes about a week then to transform.:D

Stevieluvsye · 17-07-2019 01:30PM

Shame my mrs isn't on here, she'd give you a good story of a bat getting caught in her hair. Funniest thing i have ever seen in my life, not for her obviously

TuringBot47 · 17-07-2019 01:33PM

A friend of mine had is seriously petrified and tormented by the thoughts of slugs.
Probably because her brother put a few in her bed when she was younger.

Although this story doesn't help... a man taking 8 years to die horribly after taking a bet to swallow a slug.

https://www.livescience.com/64014-teen-swallowed-slug-dies.html

Actually, that story says to wash vegetables thoroughly just in case slugs/snails were on them.... so glad I'm not a vegetarian!

Stevieluvsye · 17-07-2019 01:34PM

Daddy Long Legs are another vile insect

Ten of Swords · 17-07-2019 01:34PM

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Bobblehats · 17-07-2019 01:35PM

JustAThought wrote: »

Moths are evil creatures.I cannot rest in a house where there is one.

Overreaction much? They basically just sit on the wall adding a dash of colour

banana_bear · 17-07-2019 01:39PM

JustAThought wrote: »

Im going to have to go shower free or use the gym tonight because there is a butterfly on the cealing of the bathroom and I have an irrational terror of them.

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Similar, but Moths are my fear

I know that's off topic, but for everyone who's afraid of any kind of creepy crawly: Get yourself a spider catcher. Can be had for as little as 8€ from chinese shops like Aliexpress, or 15-20€ from reputable shops. Hassle free way to get rid of them without stomping them to death or having to get close.

JustAThought · 17-07-2019 01:39PM

Bobblehats wrote: »

Overreaction much? They basically just sit on the wall adding a dash of colour

Thread is Irrational fears. If theybwere rational I would just go in with a towel and swat them or shower around them. Its a lot of effort to avoid the wildlife - especially if it moves in with you and you yhink it is evil incarnate. Or whatever.

Butterfly is a red admiral. I think from my red list of dissappearing Irish wildlife it is on the extinction danger list. I hope its not going to hibernate or its going to be a long smelly summer.

JustAThought · 17-07-2019 01:44PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

You'd hate my house at the moment so - my daughter loves butterflies, so i have planted butterfly attracting plants all over the garden and we're growing caterpillars on top of the fridge in a plastic cup!
They should start making cocoons in the next few days, think it takes about a week then to transform.:D

Hortorstru ck. Lovely for her and the planet but that just paralyses me with fear. What attracts them to houses?I am sure this one was batting its wings at the glass door the other day trying to get in at me and my parents house had a HUGE one spread over the outsode wall all winter. I was sick every time I drove over and saw it. If I didnt know better I would say they were laying seige and after me. Would make an awful horror story. Like the Killer Bees one that stuck in my head. I have an allergy to beestings but dont mind them, oddly even thou I've had fairly bad medical outcomes of being stung occasionaly over the years. . As I said - its not a rational fear :0 Hoping someone will drop over and I can get them to 'fix' it while I go out for milk :0

Bobblehats · 17-07-2019 01:45PM

JustAThought wrote: »

Thread is Irrational fears. If theybwere rational I would just go in with a towel and swat them or shower around them. Its a lot of effort to avoid the wildlife - especially if it moves in with you and you yhink it is evil incarnate. Or whatever.

Butterfly is a red admiral. I think from my red list of dissappearing Irish wildlife it is on the extinction danger list. I hope its not going to hibernate or its going to be a long smelly summer.

Fair enough. Butterflies freak me out more with their random fluttering but if a big fat moth got up in my face i’d probably perform a hop and a skip too

Force Carrier · 17-07-2019 01:46PM

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Similar, but Moths are my fear

You just have to be very discerning.
Settle down with the wrong one and you're in trouble.

FFred · 17-07-2019 01:48PM

TuringBot47 wrote: »

A friend of mine had is seriously petrified and tormented by the thoughts of slugs.
Probably because her brother put a few in her bed when she was younger.

Although this story doesn't help... a man taking 8 years to die horribly after taking a bet to swallow a slug.

https://www.livescience.com/64014-teen-swallowed-slug-dies.html

Actually, that story says to wash vegetables thoroughly just in case slugs/snails were on them.... so glad I'm not a vegetarian!

That article proves to me that the fear of slugs is in fact rational !

17-07-2019 01:50PM

When I dangle my foot out of the bed when it's warm, but pull it back in in a panic because I suddenly remember the killer clowns under the bed waiting to take a bite out me.

You can never be too careful.

Baron Kurtz · 17-07-2019 01:56PM

JustAThought wrote: »

Hortorstru ck. Lovely for her and the planet but that just paralyses me with fear. What attracts them to houses?I am sure this one was batting its wings at the glass door the other day trying to get in at me and my parents house had a HUGE one spread over the outsode wall all winter. I was sick every time I drove over and saw it. If I didnt know better I would say they were laying seige and after me. Would make an awful horror story. Like the Killer Bees one that stuck in my head. I have an allergy to beestings but dont mind them, oddly even thou I've had fairly bad medical outcomes of being stung occasionaly over the years. . As I said - its not a rational fear :0 Hoping someone will drop over and I can get them to 'fix' it while I go out for milk :0

You need a proper slap in the face, Airplane style! Or Sean Connery style.

Graces7 · 17-07-2019 02:00PM

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Daddy Long Legs are another vile insect

Yep.. They can reduce me to a state of inane terror.. Once had a kind of waking nightmare as a small child when they were all over my bed.. I screamed until my mother came in and i could still see one on the pillow when she was picking me up. dragonflies too
maybe most of these irrational fears have a base like that?

Graces7 · 17-07-2019 02:01PM

Candie wrote: »

When I dangle my foot out of the bed when it's warm, but pull it back in in a panic because I suddenly remember the killer clowns under the bed waiting to take a bite out me.

You can never be too careful.

a divan here..;)

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 17-07-2019 02:02PM

Birds. I used to be a LOT worse, I can handle ducks and most small songbirds now, the other day I even fed some crows! But if I'm anywhere around them I'll be very aware where they are and what movements they're making.

Seagulls and birds of prey, forget about it. I'm thinking about owls now because I'm typing this and I can feel my heart rate is up. I've a recurring nightmare about an owl getting in the house and I'll wake up actually crying from fear.

Fine with spiders, rats and mice, ok with snakes.

Autecher · 17-07-2019 02:04PM

JustAThought wrote: »

Im going to have to go shower free or use the gym tonight because there is a butterfly on the cealing of the bathroom and I have an irrational terror of them. All windows open and freezing while brishing my teeth downstairs in the sink. I cannot bear the thought of being in the room if it flutters or moves. Does anyone else have an irrational fear?

Nobody ever suspects the Butterfly....

TuringBot47 · 17-07-2019 03:32PM

Toilet snakes in Ireland is an irrational fear.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 17-07-2019 05:25PM

Spiders.

I don’t care that they can rid my house of flies, moths and silverfish. I can take care of that myself, I don’t need the help of those spindly nuclei of pure evil.

IamMetaldave · 17-07-2019 09:12PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Spiders.

I don’t care that they can rid my house of flies, moths and silverfish. I can take care of that myself, I don’t need the help of those spindly nuclei of pure evil.

I was the same since I was a kid until 4 years ago. Then I had cognitive behavioural therapy / hypnosis.. over 3 months I had weekly sessions and by the end I was able to hold a tarantula. Sometimes I get a bit of fright when I see them, but that’s it. They don’t put the terror in me that they used to. Worth the effort to get over it.

Auguste Comte · 17-07-2019 09:20PM

banana_bear wrote: »

I know that's off topic, but for everyone who's afraid of any kind of creepy crawly: Get yourself a spider catcher. Can be had for as little as 8€ from chinese shops like Aliexpress, or 15-20€ from reputable shops. Hassle free way to get rid of them without stomping them to death or having to get close.

Hoover ftw.

Rubberchikken · 17-07-2019 09:37PM

love butterflies moths even slugs. ive no fear of bugs of any kind which is good as i work and live with people who are terrified of the smallest spider.

on the other hand i cant deal with mice or rats in any form.

yaguhu cloud · 17-07-2019 09:48PM

pi, the square root of 2...

Pauliedragon · 17-07-2019 11:17PM

Cockroaches. Something about them scare the s**t out of me. They're even scarier dead than when they're alive. When Iived in oz it was my biggest nightmare and to this day I can't figure out why. Spiders or anything else I can deal with.

Capt'n Midnight · 17-07-2019 11:34PM

yaguhu cloud wrote: »

the square root of 2...

Hippasus of Metapontum got murdered over that one.

Pherekydes · 17-07-2019 11:38PM

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Daddy Long Legs are another vile insect

No, they are not...

...even an insect.

PsychoPete · 17-07-2019 11:38PM

Closing my eyes in front of a mirror for the fear that when I open them there will be something behind me

Irrational fears.

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