Even at one point when I was watching Wall-E I screamed because of the little roach and at the picture above I froze in terror but yeah I am f***ing scared of roaches. Lucky I have cats because he came in and got rid of it for me and now I look on the ceiling in every room before going in there and check under the furniture before using it. While most people find cockroaches unsightly, they may not fear them. They cannot survive that. I have even had a few nightmares about these bugs crawling all over me and not being able to get away. But of course I´d rather not have them in my apartment… D: I´ll be in … It is still relatively new, but it is an option that is beginning to gain more attention. Honestly cockroaches freak the living **** out of me. Don’t even get me started on what happened the last time I touched one. 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! idk why im scared of them, everytime i see one i get scared and walk away, i guess it is cuz my helicopter parents overprotected me and made me a pussy, i want to pee but i cant cuz theres a cockroach in the bathroom, i will have to pee in a bottle The little ones just give me the creeps. And, I do not find it funny, but to deliberately scare you for acting like a normal kid, good grief. At the moment I´m travelling through Australia, so from time to time you “meet” some and I got a little more used to them. I have recently encountered two big ones in my apartment and have not been able to sleep at night, I keep waking up. I’m the only one in my family who is scared of these insects and everyone just keeps telling me how ridiculous I’m being. It’s also not as commonplace as traditional therapies. Not even 30min ago one was in my cup and I usually look inside all my cups before taking a drink but I was so tired I just didn’t. They live in the dark and hide where you least expect them to. I was in std 9.. while lecture was going on.. very much silent in the class.. and suddenly on my hand I saw a cockroach! He told me he couldn’t find it, so I went in there with him, still traumatized, had a good look around but couldn’t see anything. Good to know we are not alone, because people think I am nuts. So I threw my iPad onto the ground (which was one of those really hard carpets with concrete underneath them. I can’t wait for it to be morning so I can leave my house. It’s just so bad to suffer from something like this. My partner works away so it’s just me and my 4 month old baby at home most the time. We live in Alabama so of course they fly. If you ever build, fill your walls with boric acid . But if I am on my own, or he is away, I feel cornered and threatened by these things. Even typing the word and I start looking around. I know its a basement and thats where they dwell but after seeing 1 MONSTER roach in our storage area I gave up the spot and won’t go back. Once I attacked a literal 2 and a half incher that I caught trying to crawl through the crack in the front door. Last night, I actually developed a splitting headache because I was sweating so much; it was bad, I was actually dripping with sweat. One roach fell out of the cage and it brought another wave of tears over me. That is one of my worst memories and I remember it as clear as day. I’m scared to hell of cockroaches. Another thing is they are big and unpredictable. My mom and dad always say that you’re a boy and you should get rid of cockroaches but i just can’t. But there were these two mate cockroaches but i accidentally killed its mate i think it was the female cause its bigger. 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. THIS MORNING. I couldn’t stop shaking, and ultimately, I fell asleep in the spare bedroom on the opposite side of the house. But what I try to think about if I see one (eek!) If your home or a city you live with has a lot of them and you are bound to see them at least occasionally, please find a good psychotherapist who has experience in phobias. Can’t get over my courtyard from house to garage at night. I was pretty excited about this and was settling in, until Saturday night when I was heading out I had one of “them” greet me on my kitchen counter. • More cartoons Then I started feeling it again on my neck so I touched what was there and I felt something weird and flicked it off so I turned on the light and looked on the floor and I saw it, the ugliest creepy crawly ever. I haven’t been able to even attempt to kill one ever since. So I’ve been up waiting on it, it’s 2:08 AM and I’m about to go sleep in my moms car. And if they are flying, nope, i will sleep OUTSIDE. Feeling dizzy or weak in the knees, fainting. Can relate! After about 5 minutes of crying and hyperventilating, mum had to open the door and feed them. I was so scared, I couldn’t jump over a thing an inch long. Here, all the people in the group have similar experiences. Hang in there everyone. I have an extreme fear of roaches especially the big flying ones. But really, roaches take the top spot. The roaches in the picture above do not scare me. I grabbed the roach version of a baseball bat (steel toe boot) and gave it a good hit. We talk with the comedian and actress about the commonly detested insect. I’m still afraid another one will come in its stead and maybe bring a whole bunch more for revenge. I honestly thought I’d get over a bug by now but recently I moved into a house I know to be infested with them, and because of that memory it’s making it hard to eat anything in the pantry, or even take a shower, which ironically I’m doing now after finding a roach in the tub and teaming up with a squatting spider to rid the house of their filth. I wanted to turn off the light and run away but the roach was right next to the switch on the counter. That may include containers or spaces with the contents hidden inside. Roaches are ok outside where they belong but if I see one inside I FREAK. Now this place is the only place that knows just how bad my fear is. I travel for work 1-2 times a month, and always to places with roaches since they’re almost everywhere except mountainous regions, so I really need to get over my fear of roaches. Anyway, what happens in the segment is this guy who hates all things gross buys a multi million dollar apartment and has it completely sterilized. A neighbor came over the next day to say he heard my daughter scream, was she okay. It’s too much for me too handle. It freaks me out. I have seen it many times over. One of my friends is an exterminator, and he has never seen one in the entire time he’s been doing his job. Even a picture scares the sh*t out of me, during class my teacher was teasing my classmates by putting on a cockroach documentary, my classmates were like ew, but I was sobbing and saying “I don’t like cockroaches, I have a horrible phobia”. • Think of Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows at night so you’ll dream of unicorns rather than… you-know-what. I slept on the top of a bunk bed, and woke up one morning to a cockroach on the ceiling right above my head. Next day i was bringing laundry up stairs and i stepped on it. It tickled my toes then I cried. I grabbed my towel which was hanging on a hook after turning off the shower. I have had a fear of cockroaches for as long as I can remember. Seems it was plugged up from lack of use. I would move and have the sheetrock removed if I could afford it. To this day I have not been able to walk in there. Especially, the Texas Terrorist. Yeah, Roaches just don’t fly well with me. For example, maybe your community is very outspoken about their feelings toward cockroaches. Currently one is hiding in my room (didn’t get a chance to kill it before it escaped), preventing me from sleeping in the dark. 3 small roaches just climbed to my bed! I’m 13 years old. I have a horrible phobia of cockroaches and I don’t know what to do. It’s not like I can control it anyway. Such a disgust response is usually evolutionary; our prehistoric ancestors were programmed to stay alert to these creepy crawlers when they slept in caves and out in the open. The cockroach started to fly and entered my mouth and so I was choking and my mom had entered my room and saw me choking so she was giving me back-blows until the roach finally came out and it started flying until it landed on the wall and my mom killed it. Excruciating! Cuz i couldn’t spray it from across the room! Because of this, places that offer this service may be more expensive. Thats exactly like me. Being scared of flying cockroaches may also be attributed to that basic fear. EAT DEATH ROACHIE! You can allocate time out of each day using the app. As I’m writing this I just tried to kill one, but it got away. In the meantime, remember that it is no more irrational than having a PTSD after a trauma. Comment Report abuse. The building was full of roaches (and I found out later my neighbour was filthy). They say I’m just overreacting. I can relate which is why I just run for the hills. I let out a ‘battle’ cry… mostly in pure fear, but also rage. You may have terrifying fantasies about what might happen when you’re around a cockroach. 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. And my boss literally just comes in and crushes it, but everyone in the store saw what happened and still wanted to eat our food so I felt like I was crazy. Yep I can. I once woke up to a cockroach on the wall right next to my bed. I had it treated, but moved into the back of the house. My dad left for work already and I can’t even fathom trying to kill it. I was doing my homework in the dark and I felt something crawling on my arm so I screamed but it was like my body couldn’t produce a scream so it came out as if I lost my voice. I also didn’t want to eat at any outdoor restaurants on that street because of it, which annoyed her (understandably). What did my friend do? After facing with this account, I blocked the person and I reported him, since that bothered me a lot. I always see cockroaches at school. But a plus to me being super paranoid I’ve managed to catch roaches trying to sneakily crawl and I’ve managed to stop two. Weird stuff has happened to me because of this fear. I thought I saw one on my bedroom wall too so I told my mom and sister and they couldn’t find it. I told her where it was and she was like “I don’t see it so I’m just gonna spray here” (at another inaccurate place) so I took the spray and scared the roach from under the bed and I stomped on it. I cant even look at pictures of roaches without elevated heart rate, feelings of disgust and terror. The ceiling one was SO fast too. Im completely terrified of roaches. The fear of cockroaches is natural, but a phobia is not. it means you have to sit up watching out for them!! I've not yet seen those big cockroaches but spiders are plenty. It probably didn’t help that I grew up in Tampa, FL (the world capitol of roaches). Their legs are spindly and full of jagged spikes. 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. YES, I can totally relate. One time I came into my room and saw a cockroach on my wall. That is exactly my problem. I’m also young and am utterly disgusted by cockroaches. Like ghosts, there are many whispered rumors about their existence and the meaning behind…, Cockroaches are already considered gross, invasive pests. Welcome to my world. Put the key in my door to unlock and three are on the trim. You’ll learn how to avoid them because of the fear. My house is filled with these things. I washed the mug at least 5 times with a ton of Dawn and scalding hot water but still feel suspicious drinking from it. So i encounter the vulgar creatures of the night on a semi nightly basis. I woke up early this morning to tinkle. And guess what else? That’s why those with particularly bad cases of katsaridaphobia may seek treatment. It’s a pain to set it up every night. A talking therapy with a trained therapist. Worst night ever! . Don’t worry though, she didn’t break up with me because of that. 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. I can’t help or do anything with this phobia.. I study them often for common knowledge, identification and even for character design. This might help you build up your tolerance of this insect. Can anyone help me overcome its fear… They are absolutely disgusting and I am petrified to death by them. I suddenly imagined it breeding and the thought of my home filled with giant roaches caused me to start screaming and shaking and crying. The cockroaches in the room are so overwhelming that I can’t even sleep at night and end up having bags under my eyes because of it. YES!!! I like insects for the most part. I don’t know why it bothers her so much, but she just thinks it’s so stupid to be afraid of small things. Nothing anyone says against me will change that. I actually travel with a pop up bug net that is sealed on all sides and I put it on my bed, even in 5 star hotels. And I’m no dirty guy, sure, I’m a bit disorganized, but not filthy enough to have an infestation. I hate the big roaches which can fly. I’m 39 years old and I was embarrassed of this phobia. I can promise that the therapy itself would be nothing in comparison with facing a cockroach in your bathroom. People think I’m joking when I tell them, but it’s been 7 years since I left and I am still shuddering as I type this. Helpful. 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