So that’s the reason why I don’t touch them or even look at them because they’re so creepy and YUCK. I never go to countries that I know can have them, if too hot for instance. It’s especially scary, because it usually appears at around 2 or 3 am when I’m asleep but wake up because I have to go to the bathroom to urinate. In the meanwhile I got myself a huge mosquito net to cover my bed. The dead roach carcass has been sitting in the same spot of the room because I’ve been too afraid to pick it up. He can’t sleep at night for fear of a cockroach walking on him while he sleeps. Because of this, places that offer this service may be more expensive. Posted by 4 months ago. I am 10 years old and I live where there is a bunch of trees. It hasn’t even been seven days into summer and the first live one I’ve seen since last year has come to say the season’s greetings. I would probably faint and go to hospital, tbh. After a few instances of this, I decided to knock on the bathroom door to let it know I’m coming and to go where I don’t see the insect. All I know is that I’m terrified of those bastards and I can never stay in a room for long when theyre there with me. I’ve been scared of cockroaches for over twelve years now. They even seem to be bigger than usual. I’m scared to hell of cockroaches. Once I attacked a literal 2 and a half incher that I caught trying to crawl through the crack in the front door. My mum eventually squashed it for me, and I was so scared I couldn’t go back. If what happened to you happened to me… I’m a grown man and I’m freaking terrified of those things; it’s extremely embarrassing, but just last night, I found one in my room, and I tried to get it with a vacuum, but the little turd hid somewhere in my room. Such facts will not be encouraging to people who suffer from extreme cockroach phobia. You will simply move out of its way and carry on with your day. I started screaming and freaking out and… ohmygosh. I am moving into a sailboat because of this phobia. One night I came home and flipped the light switch, there was a roach on the switch. But they give me nightmares, I hate them much. Good luck. One time I was in a car and a cockroach was able to sneak into the car. I had 4 roach (waterbug so they are big but they’re a bit smaller than the American cockroach) encounters and they made me even more scared the more it happened. Wiki Points. Few things are worse than one careening towards your face as you try to smash it.…, When suddenly faced with a cockroach, your first instinct may be to step on it. It obviously flew into the wall out of the blue. When I even see a picture of them I start to feel like they are in my mouth and they are like crawling up my throat. One time, I woke up and thought I saw something strange on my wall moving around. If i see one in my room, i sleep in the living room. It got away so now im sitting here trying to not think about it. Once my siblings even told me there was a roach on my back, and they “grabbed it” and held up a rubber roach to my face. The cognitive viewpoint says that the development of a phobia is dependent on how an individual cognitively interprets a situation. I’m actually still in tears from what happened. I feel for you that you freeze, I am a run in the street screaming type. Or gross. How does it work? In the morning I’m going to have to sterilize everything and possibly throw my makeup away because i will now not be able to touch it. Now this happened on Sunday and now it’s Saturday. A simple tap of the foot and their dead. So i'm a guy if that helps but I am really afraid of cockroaches!! I am a 42 year old woman who has had a phobia of roaches my whole life. FLYSWATTER. By the time I let out my rage on the intruder, it looked like a mashed, oozing raisin and it was STILL moving and flapping its dented wings in vain. A form of counseling that can unpair your anxiety response from your particular fear trigger. When I was growing up my parents would tell me travel stories of how they would wake up in their motel rooms covered in cockroaches. I don’t feel clean at all! Why would a grown man be afraid of them? I do not walk under or near trees in the dark. When I would open the upper kitchen cabinet doors at least a dozen of them would fall on my head and crawl through the strands of my hair causing me to scream and shake my head and swat at them. Hey Hypixel Community! . I just got up to go to the bathroom and as soon as I flipped on the light there was a monstrous cockroach on my facial soap! Flies and mosquitoes are fine with me though, or anything smaller. X’D I washed all the dishes it was near (even though it didn’t touch them) with scalding water too, disinfected all the counters, the stove, the cupboards, sprayed orange oil because they hate the smell, set up fresh combat traps hoping to kill the nest, and sprayed a protective layer of roach spray around my bedroom doorway. They may be ‘bigger’, but they look like beetles to me. Be warned! I'm the lead writer at cockroach zone. So she left and got roach spray. Sometimes it feels like they don’t take me seriously. I couldn’t do anything but cry and climb onto the coach while panicking wildly and they just laughed at me, finding my violent panicking hilarious. I have thrown bowling balls, vacuum cleaners, tvs, you name it at these Texas Terrorists. Well. A phobia is an irrational fear -- nothing irrational about a fear of cockroaches -- it's probably hereditary -- this are filthy disease carrying pests. However, this obviously requires other people and services. Do keep in mind that the design of the app is to have endless virtual cockroaches crawl around. I used to live in an apartment that was infested with cockroaches. All I could do was scream for help. I haven’t either. An ambulance went off in the background over in town as I was doing it, which sent shivers down my spine. Just a few hours ago, i was in my bed, watching some videos and suddenly, a big dark red cockroach was flying as if it owns the room and i suddenly shouted and cried and ran towards the kitchen and let my mother and brother kill it.. but I thought it was the end but i was wrong and many more roaches are roaming the house and me, i was in the kitchen, trembling with fear and watching my mother and brother hunt those ugly creatures. The little ones just give me the creeps. • Think of Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows at night so you’ll dream of unicorns rather than… you-know-what. I’m 24 btw :P. It gets better, I kill them from a distance If possible with a spray. Keep it away from me!”. Comment Report abuse. Even getting enough sleep will aid a cluttered mind. However, you will not gradually suffer more and more as the exposure increases: it will always be mild, you will be in control, and it will take time. For instance, two people can experience the same traumatic event. I hate bugs (especially roaches). Can you relate? We went to stay at my grandma’s house until the bomb’s effects take it’s course. I´m also from Germany and very afraid of cockroaches. I had to turn off the light so I left for 5 minutes and came back. Plus they’re just dirty. Every time they tell me that I get awfully annoyed that I wanna punch something especially my irritating Grandma. Of course I had my Raid near by. I didn’t go back into my room until my dad killed it. If you see it flying towards you, you either interpret it as something dangerous or just something that gets in your way. I have recently had a cockroach infestation. I was with my girlfriend (now ex) and my dad at that time, so imagine the embarrassment that I had. I screamed, then my sister came in and saw me crying. Excruciating! I am thinking of getting professional help. It’s not like I can control it anyway. Roaches can hide just about anywhere that’s warm, dark, and quiet. I was so scared, I couldn’t jump over a thing an inch long. Ugh they are so disgusting. In order for you to declare that you have a cockroach phobia, also known as katsaridaphobia, you must be clinically diagnosed. Overall, humans naturally fear the foreignness of their movements, anatomy, and behavior. I also sealed up the crack with caulk and put a roach trap nearby and sealed the rest of the crack with roach gel. You’ll learn how to avoid them because of the fear. The picture at the top of the page freaked me out so badly that the very INSTANT I scrolled to it I jumped out of my seat and ran outside shaking and wriggling around to get the imaginary alien creepy crawly off me. Then, perhaps, you have a higher likelihood of exhibiting such feelings yourself. I don’t even pass under trees in Texas anymore because I know that is their home. I had to wash all my sheets and spray raid to make sure there was no more . I was watching my surveillance camera that watches while I’m away and caught one three days ago on camera. This hatred/fear started only recently. Frightened, I jumped back and hit my head on the sink. It’s now 2:37 and I can’t sleep as dead roaches are everywhere. There is a strong liquid called viper and you mix it with water and never have those horrible bugs in your house. There is something untrue in this article- they DO have a dangerous threat: they are suspected to cause or exacerbate asthma; I suffer from asthma and nearly died from such severe asthma attacks on several occasions. I scream and slam it, my poor dogs need to be walked but I’m paralyzed with fear. I wish that picture will go away, but it never will. I washed the mug at least 5 times with a ton of Dawn and scalding hot water but still feel suspicious drinking from it. This whole thing is worrying me a great deal. You could also spray the pockets with a flushing agent and use a vacuum to suck up the roaches when they come running out. Overload for a person with this phobia. This went on for 10 months until she tried killing me. Most of the time, I will get my husband to kill these things should the occasional one sneak in. I have always had a huge fear of these roaches, the fear going as far back as I can remember. By the time she got back the roach found a way onto the floor and almost escaped under the dresser but it came back out and tried to escape under the bed. There are even certain states I would NEVER move to and the only reason I am in Texas is because of the military. The phobia's scientific term is Blattodephobia. I know, I should have smushed him, but I cant stand the crunch! While most people find cockroaches unsightly, they may not fear them. If this is the case, you will probably not develop any phobia from that event. If I see a cockroach I’ll panic, scream, run, or even cry. Whether or not you are, there are ways to overcome your cockroach paranoia. Saw a similar post on here about spiders, liked the name (and the story) and am going to be inspired by the same title. Reporter Foti Kallergis says he is afraid of roaches, so it's fitting we found him at the bug house at the Houston Zoo. But, I bought a used fridge and brought in German. I am 50 and I get the shoot it before getting close. However, there is a difference between a mere fear and a phobia. When I see one I just want 2 flee. They dont do anything, but they scare the living hell out of me. You then tap to get rid of them. Whether or not you are, there are ways to overcome your cockroach … Why was he walking through here? My dad teases me about it. The sound of this huge thing wriggling through the crack and flattening its body literally woke me up on the couch. I feel the same way I only just recently began fearing them because of the one time I was in the bathroom to get to the clothes drier when I saw one in the clothes basket I freaked since I hated the things and slowly moved forward and I think it must have sensed my fear or something because it flew straight at me following me if I moved until it landed on my chest and I have been scared since and last night I woke up and thought I saw one crawl under my pillow and I slowly moved back and got off the bed. In my head I’m like ‘I cannot tell the customer who is about to buy food here what I have just experienced.’ So I just blurt out ‘Oh nah I fell over, I’m fine!’ And they have a laugh and say all good and goodbye. I pulled my legs up onto the seat and I couldn’t move and I started crying, even though I hadn’t seen or felt it on myself. Earlier today I found two and killed them but I won’t be able to sleep tonight! You must be in VERY north Texas cuz those Texas Terrorists NEVER let up.. we don’t have “summer” – it’s always summer. After calming down a little, I searched my room for the roach, and could not find it. I actually don’t know how I got this phobia but I sometimes get yelled at because of it. But the one thing that I can’t handle other than large open or public spaces are those little demons from hell;more evil than the devil himself. I will be joining a hostel soon and I don’t want embarrassment there…. I saw the roach move while he vacuumed it and it was terrible. I was in a panic state and I cannot move properly. My house is simple, clean and no spots for roaches to hide in. That is the type that scares the crap out of me. I have ocd and want all parts of our house to be spotless and i have no clue where these guys come from because my dad sealed all the cracks and holes in the roof and attic and im just lost on what to do because we dont really have anywhere to move to and we have tried everything! Once, my friends got a fake cockroach that looked very real and said “Hey! I could definitely agree. These narrow down to 6 main viewpoints, summarized in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. I even hate the word. They were alwyas were in my granny’s house in her laundry room or pantry! When something like this happens I end up pulling my hair or tightly holding onto my arms and legs and I just spazz out. That doesn’t for me, I’ve been killing cockroaches all my life and it doesn’t get better. I tried to ´deal with it´ but I can’t help being scared every time I see one. Hell no! And to make matters worse, I’m a hairy guy, so if there’s any kind of air circulation in the room, it blows my hair around, and makes it feel like something’s crawling on me. I usually didn’t care if they were outside (specially at night) but I felt like my heart stopping on me whenever I saw them inside home. And guys the worst thing about these bugs is that if you fail in an attempt to kill them they crawl straight to you.. every time. I am phobic to those unnamed insects. I hate them so much and like yesterday night one climbed my room door and i saw it and it took so much for me to run and get a broom. A neighbor came over the next day to say he heard my daughter scream, was she okay. I would think of something like ending my life in that situation or just have a heart attack. Here’s the story of when I saw a huge big black one in my sisters room. But, then i saw my fly swatter and grabbed it. Instead, your phobia is a cover-up of possible inappropriate thoughts and feelings towards something else. You’d rather run away from it than having to kill it. I treated this intruder like one would treat a burglar. I LOVE praying mantises and those big cute looking scorpions. I completely flipped out and I had my dad hold me off the floor and calm me down. Start slow and small and gradually work your way up. I have never screamed so much for some reason i started biting at my shirt sleeve. I’m not crazy or anything but I just can’t stand it. It connects to our fear of other insects, as well as animals or organisms in general. 13 years ago. Yes! Strategy #1 for Overcoming Katsaridaphobia or the Fear of Cockroaches: Face your fear head on.– Realize that there is nothing to be embarrassed about. Why I'm Afraid of Cockroaches. Mmm, I’ll choose to stay in hell than to be with a dead cockroach in heaven, I seriously don’t want to see the brownish insect, I hate them. Many people have phobias, they just hide it well and avoid things that trigger them. Im completely terrified of roaches. I am a 13 year old girl, and I haven’t been scared of any bugs all my life. Anyone? When I was a kid I used to live in Rio De Janeiro and they have the flying ones out there, but strangely enough I came to acquire this phobia as an adult. Honestly cockroaches freak the living **** out of me. And if they are flying, nope, i will sleep OUTSIDE. Ever since ive been scared of cockroaches. There have been cases where I’d stand in the hallway for hours too scared to move because I saw or thought I heard one. When I was a child, I was fearfull of many things; dogs, spiders, ants, caterpillars among other things, but then I had, may pets, dogs, crabs, lizards, snails, and that, added to personal research on these things made me lost my fear for all of them. But I don’t care at anything anybody says anymore. Worst night ever! I don't think it's a phobia if the thing that you are afraid of can actually make you sick. I have had a fear of cockroaches for as long as I can remember. A teacher had to reportedly quit her job since she could not even bear her students saying the word ‘cockroaches’ aloud. I don’t take threats well and I will go full-on she-Rambo on these things. I’ve seen literally gigantic ones and little ones and I hate them all the same. You may also be unable to go about your daily life and handle responsibilities at the suggestion that one is near you. Helpful. 5.0 out of 5 stars they chillin. • Spray Cockroach Repellent everywhere so that little b*tch goes the f*ck away The ceiling one was SO fast too. Hell, I’ll even take the spindly, many legged house centipedes over the American cockroach by FAR. I am 40 and still feel uncomfortable sleeping at night. 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