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By: Fear of Flying Objects « Never Mind the Madness

Fear of Flying Objects « Never Mind the Madness — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:16:44 +0000

[…] and dropping to the ground whenever one danced by. Someone once told me there is a condition called flutterphobia – a fear of winged creatures. I never bothered to confirm it, but adopted the moniker as my […]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:12:31 +0000

while i got up one morning i noticed i had a strange taste in my mouth and my throught felt very dry, after going to the bathroom i took a drink of water and had to swallow this huge lump in my throught it tasted horrible and i noticed the moth on my beadroom wall from the night before was no longer there. ever since ive had a phoebia of them, if it happened again i would go crazy

By: Lyshia

Lyshia — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:46:18 +0000

Yes i also have a phobia of butterflies they scare the hell out of me everytime i see them i run. if one lands on me i would probably cry and i dont even know why im so terrified of butterflies

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 14 May 2007 00:43:27 +0000

Just listen to Angelo Badalamenti’s “The Butterfly” and imagine just enjoying looking at some butterflies. Maybe thatll help get over your fears.

-I just randomly did this, ill prolly never come back tot his site. do feel free to send me an email?message on myspace tho. good day

By: Chloe

Chloe — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:21:18 +0000

i have been scared of butterflies all my life, really dont know why. if one comes near me i flap and scream like a girl and run away, and i just feel so stupid!!

everyones always saying how beautiful they are and how can you be scared, buts its definately the wings especially when they have those big eyes on them!!!!

i can just about cope with small plain moths as long as there not bomb diving me! but last night i went to the toilet and there was the biggest moth ever, it was grey with a huge fury body and it was the size of a small bat, i was absolutely petrified and couldnt go back in the bathroom for ages even though my grandad had removed it.

i`m glad to hear i`m not on my own though! x

By: Emelia-x

Emelia-x — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:33:08 +0000

Omg “jodie+” I Found that out to… its the wings!!!!! :O
im also scered of maths, flys, ladybird.. its shokin!!!!

By: Cheree

Cheree — Thu, 03 May 2007 04:09:50 +0000

Wow uhm Okay. So I have an unhealthy fear of butterflies and moths. So, not knowing this when my parents took us to canada they thought it’d be fun to go to the butterfly conservatory! There were atleas 30 different kinds of butterflys with about 20 of the same species of butterfly flying around. I almost had a heart attack. People were laughing at me. I twas rediculous.

By: hildenburg

hildenburg — Thu, 03 May 2007 00:33:57 +0000

im scared too

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:05:30 +0000

I feel SOOOO much better now knowing that I am not the only one. I can’t even handle seeing a picture of a butterfly or moth! Everybody makes fun of me so bad, but they don’t understand how bad it really is. They all think I am making it up!!! We have this exhibit at the Milwaukee museum that is a room with all butterflies flying around and they land on your and stuff… EWWW! OMG! I would seriously rather put a gun to my head than go in there…people have tried to push me in there and I cry so bad. I love that it is getting warm outside, but I hate summer because I know that they are all going to come out soon and the thought of that makes me wanna puke…

Wendy…if that would have happened to me I would have either had a heart attack and dies, or shit my pants lol

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:36:22 +0000

This is like an awakening, a word and a community to go with my fear. I never knew that other people had this phobia until today. I always get ridiculed when I tell people that moths and butterflies freak me out, but not other insects/flying thingys/animals! It’s such a relieve to know there are others out there.
How it started: About 7-8 yrs…Horror soap drama (Singaporean) about evil butterflies/moths that suck the life out of you… + the first time those paper wings touched me…i’m crawling just thinking about it..
Worse Experience: Asleep in closed off air-conditioned room and woke up to find a GIANT (wing span was about 2 palms long) brown/grey moth on my neck…the terror of waking up to something flapping and seeing the thing so close up that I could see the hairs on the front.*SCREAM*. Yelling for help and when my parents arrive, the thing was no where to be found and the doors/windows were not open. My parents tried to reassure me that it was just my aunt (who passed away that night) who came back to visit me (Yup! Chinese believe they come back as moths to visit! GROSS) ..I’m sure my aunt who loves me will know not to torture me with this…So that thing is definitely a creation of evil.
Stupid things I have done: Jumped onto a busy road from the street pavement because I saw a butterfly fly towards me from the bushes on the side.
Threw a tantrum/panic freak (read, screaming, crying, yelling, kicking, throwing self onto floor) out when my dad tried to bring me into a butterfly farm to “treat my phobia”