Why scared of cockroaches

Production companies are wasting too much money on 3-D when what they should really be spending money on is the plus-year-old technology they use in DisneyWorld to make it feel like something is blowing on your neck and running by your feet.

I guess this is more of a theater issue than a movie production one. You guys figure it out. The point is: fast things by your feet is the scariest thing in the world the inevitability of death obviously excluded. Think about it: this is why you want to jump on a chair whenever you see a mouse. This is why you scream when a bug skitters by your shoes, even though you are about a million times bigger and more powerful than that bug.

This is why the current presence of cockroaches in my Brooklyn apartment is making the inevitability of death seem fine, all things considered. After 40 years of living in Texas and having heart attacks.

I have thrown bowling balls, vacuum cleaners, tvs, you name it at these Texas Terrorists. Someone told me to get a flyswatter and it worked on the big ones. Jeeeez, you would think they could figure this out. I got ran out of my room once by a cockroach, it was bout the size of an enter button on a keyboard BUT STILL i am 13 it happened when i was 12 i will not sleep even though i have gmap testing tomorrow until that little guy is killed and mutilated.

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. I have severe anxiety and roaches make me absolutely flip my shit.

However, roaches cause me to scream, cry, and even have full-blown panic attacks. Roaches are to Florida like fish are to the ocean. If anyone has any suggestions, please help. Texas and the Texas Terrorist. I agree. I was in std I shouted firstly and then I was shivering literally.. I only fear big adult cockroaches.. The babies are just as terrifying.

Flyswatter is the best killer. I am a grown man and I am absolutely terrified of cockroaches. All I can do is run when I see one. I never had any major trauma involving cockroaches. But they give me nightmares, I hate them much. Why would a grown man be afraid of them? Help me, please. I am 50 yrs old, 6 ft, lbs. Im a retired Police Detective and an avid trainer in numerous fighting skills. Id shoot it before stepping on it. Im married with 2 boys and its hard to say but my wife can deal with this better then me.

I am 50 and I get the shoot it before getting close. I have demolished tvs, vases, thrown vacuums, whatever avails me. Although a baby rattler, my ex ran like a sissy — I tossed it out in a trashcan and broom. My big, manly neighbor hid in his upstair while they removed a bee colony bee guy just digging it out, throwing on a tarp.

He peered out the window, refusing to come out while I got close and took great cell pics. I have used yard fog and then had to leave the house with the dogs because freaking out. Good to know we are not alone, because people think I am nuts. I am a 45 year old woman and I have had this phobia my whole life.

My dad was an evil man for various reasons, and he loved to freak me out by acting as if he was going to throw a roach on me. I put my house up for sale shortly after several bad encounters, even though I keep a neat house. We live in Alabama so of course they fly. It is terrifying. I have full blown panic attacks. Do not be ashamed people. I feel your pain.

Unlike most other animals, the brain of the cockroach is in its body instead of its head. This means that a headless cockroach can live for nearly two weeks and will eventually die from malnutrition and not nerve damage.

The more I am reading these stories, the worst my neck is getting. But, I bought a used fridge and brought in German. I had it treated, but moved into the back of the house. Terrified they are going to get back here. Do NOT go under the trees at night. Stay in the open — under a street light I speak from experience.

Carry a light and a flyswatter just in case! Im 13, i feel ya bud, they scare me and all i do can do really is stare at them. One time i got chased out of my room, another time a dead one and a live one were in my bath robe when I finally decided to wear it after a long time of not, one time on the bus a cockroach had found its way into my shoe. These things terrify me more than anything, i could watch a murder and a cockroach would scare me more.

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.. Those roaches are nothing compared to the ones i see in Florida. Even the thought of one makes me very on edge. After I see one any tingle on my leg and I freak out.

I never liked them but it all started when this weird unidentified bug ran out from under my dresser and onto my toys i was 10 I saw it and it was like a HUGE roach but clear.

I quickly grabbed my things and ran downstairs. Next day i was bringing laundry up stairs and i stepped on it. I have never screamed so much for some reason i started biting at my shirt sleeve. Worst part is my house is infested all my family members are complete slobs like leaving food on the bathroom floor for weeks messy.

So i encounter the vulgar creatures of the night on a semi nightly basis. Im 14 and I plan to move out as soon as possible just so I dont have to see another roach. While i was typing this i went to get water and one flew out of the air vent and onto the counter, i hate them so much! Anyone know a place where there are NO roaches? I was getting food for my dog and when I open the bin with my foot I see a freaking huge one on one side, and I have to do it or else my mom would treat me like the biggest wimp in the world.

I had to scoop food out of one side while cringing at the other side at the roach. Those things give me the absolute creeps. I am moving into a sailboat because of this phobia. I dont typically see them but today I did, quite large, in the middle of the freaking NJ winter!

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. I am sure they lost respect for me.. OMG, that breaks my heart. My family loves to tease me by tickling my back. And, I do not find it funny, but to deliberately scare you for acting like a normal kid, good grief. I hope you find a safe place that gives you more peace.

The fear is real. I hate hearing that it was intentionally put on a child — for life. That is what I feel about those big damn B52 sized roaches. Freaks me out. I cannot bare roaches, let alone palmetto bugs. They are absolutely disgusting and I am petrified to death by them. I find most insects and reptilians interesting but I cannot handle roaches. Just hearing the name makes me get chills down my back. If I see one I freeze on the spot and start hyperventilating. I feel like I cannot move and my feet are stuck to the ground.

The worst part is, I walked into my bathroom a few minutes ago and when I flipped on the light it was sitting on my countertop. And guess what else? I forgot to put my makeup away. It was literally crawling all over my makeup brushes and lipsticks.

I almost screamed. I am disgusted. This is how bad my phobia is. I would have asked my dad to kill it but he is asleep. I wanted to turn off the light and run away but the roach was right next to the switch on the counter.

Just being in the same room as one makes me break out into a sweat. I had to turn off the light so I left for 5 minutes and came back. The roach was gone, it probably ran away somewhere. So I flipped off the switch quickly, slammed the bathroon door and ran to my bedroom and slammed that shut as well. My room is a mess and now that I think about it I could have one in my room and I want to hurl.

Hey, usually people like us with this fear eventually turn into very orderly people. My house is simple, clean and no spots for roaches to hide in. It gets better, I kill them from a distance If possible with a spray. No places for roaches to hide, etc. 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.

I am so scared I scream or start having a panic attack when I see one. I completely flipped out and I had my dad hold me off the floor and calm me down. It won. I saw it and ran out to my living room and curled onto my couch. Im actually about to cry. Welp I heard a bag move and ran again. No one else is awake to deal with me and my weirdness. What a Coincidence! 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!

I ran to get windex, but it was too late as the beast disappeared. Alex is right. I find that a flyswatter kills the big ones the best — if you can get close enough.

I feel for you that you freeze, I am a run in the street screaming type. I like insects for the most part. Many are fascinating looking or just cute looking. There are lots that are beautiful and colorful. I study them often for common knowledge, identification and even for character design. I believe they are some of the most diverse and unique animals the planet has to offer and many play an important role in the ecosystem.

I LOVE praying mantises and those big cute looking scorpions. A hundred times over. Infinity times over. And I live in Texas. Forever bleaching, spraying, vacuuming and cleaning… some still get in. Perched up on the closet ceiling… just this morning. Most of the time, I will get my husband to kill these things should the occasional one sneak in.

But if I am on my own, or he is away, I feel cornered and threatened by these things. Get my grenades foggers , nets roach traps , guns two roach sprays in each hand and irresistible candy roach gel.

I will stay up all night and hunt the roach down and kill it. Once I attacked a literal 2 and a half incher that I caught trying to crawl through the crack in the front door.

The sound of this huge thing wriggling through the crack and flattening its body literally woke me up on the couch. I looked at it. I treated this intruder like one would treat a burglar. I grabbed the roach version of a baseball bat steel toe boot and gave it a good hit. 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.

He called me a weirdo. I also sealed up the crack with caulk and put a roach trap nearby and sealed the rest of the crack with roach gel. Where they come from is disgusting and what they eat is even more disgusting. Even how they are born looks like something out of a horror movie. Their legs are spindly and full of jagged spikes. The roaches in the picture above do not scare me. Beetles are cute. Even the smaller roaches do not scare me.

They remind me over silverfish. A simple tap of the foot and their dead. No biggie. Most roaches in this world leave humans alone. I do not walk under or near trees in the dark. But, I bought a used fridge and evidently brought in some of the little ones. A neighbor came over the next day to say he heard my daughter scream, was she okay.

Uh, nope. It was me and I am NOT okay. I have over sprayed, over moteled, over boric acided, cleaned everything with rubbing alcohol my secret for spot killing fleas after bringing the dogs in — they hate it , but I am afraid to go back into the kitchen for a week now. I am afraid of finding live ones as well as dead. You are not not a weirdo.. Flies and mosquitoes are fine with me though, or anything smaller. But really, roaches take the top spot. They can walk fast, hop, fly, climb up walls, etc.

One time I was in a car and a cockroach was able to sneak into the car. Good thing I was not driving I was at the back seat , as that cockroach went flying straight in between my nose and mouth and I just lost it. I almost threw up. I was shivering after the ordeal. My sweat was cold. I was in a panic state and I cannot move properly. I was with my girlfriend now ex and my dad at that time, so imagine the embarrassment that I had.

Nothing anyone says against me will change that. Same the first three sentences though the smaller ones just annoy me, and mosquitoes always bite ME instead of the 3 other people in the house. I felt it inside my mouth and I threw my cup. When something like this happens I end up pulling my hair or tightly holding onto my arms and legs and I just spazz out.

If anyone knows anyway to help me get calm and or not freak out in these situations please let me know. My kik is ilovechris please message me. Oh my goodness.. There was a cockroach in my bathroom a second ago and I was literally paralysed.

I started screaming and freaking out and… ohmygosh. If what happened to you happened to me… I would probably faint and go to hospital, tbh. Lol but one time out lights were out cause of a storm so we had to keep the front door open. When I was little I took some medication that caused me to hallucinate.

In the middle of the night I woke up and saw a massive cockroach and a daddy-long-legs spider crawling on my pillow besides my head. I can still picture it now. People in school would tease me with dead cockroaches throw them at me or even once a boy put one on my head thinking it was funny but the feeling that comes over me when I see one is so horrible. But there were these two mate cockroaches but i accidentally killed its mate i think it was the female cause its bigger.

That thing came charging at me it even hissed and was super fast on its feet but what scared me the most was when it started flying and jumping. Ever since ive been scared of cockroaches. I guess I dont have it as bad as some I have read. If I see one my heart races and anxiety increases but I am easily capable of killing it because the thought of it getting away and breeding terrifies me.

However if I find a nest of them or have one crawl on me all bets are off. I may be able to control myself not to scream but I would definitely panic and run. If I was to be driving and felt or saw one on me I would definitely wreck. Once I saw a HUGE one that was probably quadruple the size of a regular one on my living room window.

I suddenly imagined it breeding and the thought of my home filled with giant roaches caused me to start screaming and shaking and crying. I couldnt go back inside until my husband killed it.

Even then, I had nightmares for weeks that there were more of them. I know how my phobia started. As a child we had a severe infestation. They were everywhere. At night you could hear the scratching noises and see the wallpaper ripple as nests of cockroaches moved beneath it.

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. It was horrible. Due to that overexposure as a child I not only have a phobia but also a serious allergic reaction to them.

The babies dont cause the reaction for some reason but if its a medium or a full grown one, I will break out in severe hives wherever they crawled on me. If exposed to their droppings, my eyes swell shut and it becomes hard to breathe. For those who may even think the hives are psychosomatic, not true. I actually MOVED OUT of my last home because of the roach infestation and the fact that my grown children who were living with me would not help me keep the house clean at all or help spray them on site to help get rid of them.

I always see cockroaches at school. So one time I was doing work on my iPad and this black cockroach landed on my iPad. So I threw my iPad onto the ground which was one of those really hard carpets with concrete underneath them. I started crying. Another time, I was sitting next to my friend and she felt a cockroach on her leg. The last time I was getting books from my locker. Our lockers were in this narrow hall thing, and my locker was towards the end.

There was this cockroach coming towards me and the was nowhere to go except over it. Just writing this and thinking about it and shivered, felt sick and started tearing up.

To all those above who lived in flats infested with them and constantly seeing them, I feel for you deeply. I would have to get the hell out of there as fast as I could. Been trying for ages to find something to help. I hate the big roaches which can fly. They are so creepy when they fly.

The ones which cant are not a problem at all. I wish scientists could find a way to eliminate all roaches and most insects from the face of the earth. I once ran out of the shower with only my towel and cried in my room when I saw one crawling towards me. Sorry for rambling but I needed to vent on this somewhere. I hate roaches! My sister who is 17 years of age is scared of them like there rapist coming at night! Soooo i hope one day 10 roaches fall down her shirt because i dont like my wonderful big sister at times.

Roaches take away! I do remember always having a disgust towards some insects. I mean, I had the exterminator dude come over and he told me this. I have seen a very small amount of roaches in this flat in total, like dead ones cause I dust those places every month or so. But still, I freak out every time. Starting to feel like this is putting pressure on my relationship. This whole thing is worrying me a great deal. I feel trapped, cause I keep thinking that even when I do move out, I might move them out with me.

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 think those stories prepped me to be afraid of them. Like a decade ago I rented my first apartment. The building was full of roaches and I found out later my neighbour was filthy.

One night I came home and flipped the light switch, there was a roach on the switch. I went to go grab some insecticide and on the way a roach fell out of a shoddily sealed ceiling light onto my head. God those are bad memories. Just today when I went to feed the birds, when I opended the door there was about 4 roaches in the crack!

I screamed and ran away of course. But I still was told to feed the birds. After about 5 minutes of crying and hyperventilating, mum had to open the door and feed them.

One roach fell out of the cage and it brought another wave of tears over me. Im completely terrified of roaches. Small ones, big ones, I just hate them all. It started when we first moved in to our new house about a month and a half ago.. I was sleeping and I suddenly felt something crawling on my arm, I opened my eyes, and there was a huge roach on me… I jumped, and screamed and cried like a baby.. Or touch my bed.. And it bothers me so much, all the time, just thinking about them makes me all itchy and I feel knots in my stomach..

And all I want is to not feel that way.. I once woke up to a cockroach on the wall right next to my bed. I looked away to get my shoe and when I looked back it was gone. I have no idea when cockroaches scared me.

One time I was watching TV and I felt something crawling on my arm I jumped up and screamed like I usually do when I see one and started bursting in tears. I get paranoid and im get freaked out when I see something dark in my room or anywhere. I will literally move to Antartica if I have to together rid of this fear. Sorry for making this really long I just hope someone will understand. And guys the worst thing about these bugs is that if you fail in an attempt to kill them they crawl straight to you..

I hate them yuck. They will come back after you. I have noticed this myself. I just bought and remodeled a house on the coast of NC. The roaches are unavoidable here.

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