It keeps you stimulated in a healthy way, distracting you from your fear. Forever bleaching, spraying, vacuuming and cleaning… some still get in. For many others, phobias are downright bizarre. It’s ridiculous but the struggle is nonetheless REAL. I’ve been sleeping on the couch, for weeks now.. And yet it’s still really hard to fall asleep. • Watch cartoons (Adventure Time is advised) Went down the hall to my grandmother, and she refused to kill it… I’ll be sitting here until I die…. I instantly sanitized everything it crawled on in the footage. I don’t fear snakes, spiders etc but I fear cockroaches like hell, I’m the exact same way! wemhim. The only other place I remember NOT seeing roaches for many trips there was in the CZECH Rep (Prague, Karlovy Vary..) I’m sure they have the german ones but it’s nothing like Manhattan, where two ex girlfiends saw me scream and run like a little hysterical child. Today I stumbled upon a cockroach, and it was under my weight scale. Louisiana State University hypothesizes that humans are naturally frightened of: Cockroaches are known for both. Having a full blown panic attack where one feels like being choked, or experiences chest pains etc. Cockroaches like to crawl through any tiny hole they can find, kinda like cats, they can get through the tiniest crack in a wall. So, in short, im glad to find that im not alone! No friends were close enough to stop by. Or move. 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”. As a child we had a severe infestation. 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. 0. Those who do fear them may not have a phobia of them. Add insult to injury, I have coursework (I’m studying web development and web design, and trying to code on four hours of sleep isn’t easy). I’m also 15 and deadly afraid of roaches. Even the smaller roaches do not scare me. One night I came home and flipped the light switch, there was a roach on the switch. If you find that it’s harming your lifestyle and ability to function, then it’s worth seeking out resources and finding help. When I lived with my parents, I would run away from the cockroach until my dad could come and kill it. I opened the walk-in closet to get some laundry detergent and a HUGE one, pretty much looking down at me, waving it’s antenna at me like I should just be ‘cool’ with his presence there. . But I feel it’s provides some protection. I don’t know how or when the fear started, but it’s so intense that I’ve taken drastic measures just to avoid being around them. It looked at me and froze, moving it’s antenna and made a ‘break’ for it, heading for the shoe rack. The name given to such a fear of cockroaches is Katsaridaphobia. Another may. 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 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. She’s afraid of them too but she was the only one around to kill it.when she came in there IT WAS GONE. She called me a girl.. A roach fell on my lamp while I was watching Britney Spears VMA performances and I was literally hovering outside of my room for 40 mins for the most opportune moment to bug spray the s*** out of it. At the least, it may help mitigate phobic symptoms. I’m hoping to GOD that the little creep got the memo that there’s no rotting food or food trash in there. I screamed and froze in fear and I was screaming. However, this last time, instead of going away, the roach came right to the door like a human would to see who was there and it freaked me out, although I was too asleep to make a noise or really react immediately. So I’ve had this ever since I was about 5 or 6. I am out of spray. I cried i shook and everything and my mom finally invited me to sleep in her room and i did NOT disregard the invitation. Just being in the same room as one makes me break out into a sweat. However a few moments later, I did spray it with an all-natural insecticide (made from orange extract) until it perished and then took a broom and dustpan and got rid of it. Perched up on the closet ceiling… just this morning. Me too but my friends don’t take it seriously. It’s really a nightmare to me. Just today I was at my gfs house and we both saw it and I yelled louder than she did. I think it's okay to be afraid of roaches because they carry diseases and if they don't find food ,they start chewing on your stuff. Feeling dizzy or weak in the knees, fainting. So I understand everything that you and other posters are going through. I’ll give you a good guess as to what kind of bug it was. It’s also not as commonplace as traditional therapies. Can relate! This theory also states that you can learn the behaviors more directly. I have panic attacks when I see them, and I basically can’t do anything in the room the cockroach was in until someone else comes and kills it and removes the body. I feel your pain. I once ran out of the shower with only my towel and cried in my room when I saw one crawling towards me. I am a “run out in the street type.” I bought a used fridge and brought some in (I guess). My mother always scold me if I shout because of the cockroaches. 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. Interpreting the flying cockroach as dangerous elicits fear. Wiki Points. Luckily it “skipped” right off my head to the floor, but it was still traumatic. Many are fascinating looking or just cute looking. I can’t help or do anything with this phobia.. But still, I freak out every time. Those damn roaches terrify me but I want to get over my fear. Please, any inspirational stories or constructive advice? 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. I can’t walk my dogs in the dark because they are outside and live in the trees. We grabbed any shoes we could find and literally started grabbing the bed (because it went under it) so we found it hiding and it came out and was still, so I started hitting it but I couldn’t kill it. EAT DEATH ROACHIE! In order for you to declare that you have a cockroach phobia, also known as katsaridaphobia, you must be clinically diagnosed. I am thinking of getting professional help. I mean, I had the exterminator dude come over and he told me this. 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. I have an extreme fear of roaches especially the big flying ones. For example, many people have a fear of height, but they will never suddenly find themselves being in such situation, while in our case it is less predictable. I have a SEVERE fear of roaches – or anything that might crawl on me (because it might be a roach). I was shivering after the ordeal. I hope that YOU yourself have a phobia and someone puts it down YOUR shirt. I threw my towel, and yep, you guessed it! My girlfriend lives in Florida and I’m visiting her. I just had one sitting on the wall and I couldn’t pass it to get to my mom so I literally had to call her 3 times to wake her up and it took me, her, and my brother to kill it. I looked at it. Then I stomped on it again to make sure. This can evoke deep fear or disgust response. I am 10 years old and I live where there is a bunch of trees. I’m truly glad to see I’m not alone in this. These annoying pests shouldn’t have control over your home, but especially not your life. The phobia's scientific term is Blattodephobia. This information was gathered by the National Health Service and Dr. Ananya Mandal, a Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics medical doctor. Now at 40, life is better since I moved to Canada. I’m so ashamed of my fear and I almost vomited at the sight of the top photo! When I lived in NYC, the nicest, fanciest places all had roaches. I started hyperventilating and cursing and just freaking out. Roaches take away! I have to check on my own body about once every hour because I once woke up with one on my neck. We just moved into our new apartment and my mom woke me up because she was complaining about her dead boyfriend's ashes. So i began to panic and freak. WTF.. They even seem to be bigger than usual. So i'm a guy if that helps but I am really afraid of cockroaches!! Unlike most other animals, the brain of the cockroach is in its body instead of its head. I have some small ones in the kitchen now – used fridge. It only requires that you download an app, such as AR cockroach, and practice self-discipline. I woke up with one on my chest once that I brushed off and then couldn’t find it. They're no different than a butterfly or ladybug. 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. My kik is ilovechris41016 please message me. I can take a bullet in my head and still manage bit of a smile but all that courage bravery and fearlessness vanishes when a roach is around. And even that took me a few hours. I never had any major trauma involving cockroaches. So i encounter the vulgar creatures of the night on a semi nightly basis. Cockroaches specifically have always been something “I’d hate to see in the flat I’m renting” but I guess I was lucky not to see or “have” roaches up until this current flat. Such facts will not be encouraging to people who suffer from extreme cockroach phobia. I really hate roaches, but I don’t want my family to think I’m a wimp. I know EXACTLY how you feel when I see a roach and something touches me i shiver and freak out my heart starts racing and it feels like I’m having a heart attack I’m only 11 but I’ve had this fear forever and my mom has it too. I literally can’t with roaches, they scare the living crap out of me and my family. I saw one on my desk. The next day I made him look for that roach until he finds it and kills it. Therapy by touching a dead roach? I keep picturing it crawling on me. I was absolutely terrified. :/. Gross! But, really, after reading this post , I think the only lasting solution is to rewire my brain through therapy or such. I forgot to put my makeup away. I scream and slam it, my poor dogs need to be walked but I’m paralyzed with fear. It doesn’t the individuals that are or have been closest to you. Take, for example, a flying cockroach. In fact, this is the reason I’m awoken right now reading this article, I’m in my grandparent’s house and woke up to no less than 3 cockroaches in the same room as I and, while I managed to get rid of 2 of them, the third one found quite the spot to hide. You can just be standing in the middle of a room and it comes from under the couch or from behind the TV and directly charges you. We also talk with Professor of Urban Entomology Dr. Philip G. Koehler about his research on cockroaches and get to know more about them. I always curl up really well in my blankets so if there are any, they will crawl on the blanket and not me. If I see one, I freak out and make awkward screaming noises and run. . I would NOT expose myself to them for ANY reason, EVER. Just hearing the name makes me get chills down my back. I’m living in northern Scandinavia and never seen a cockroach in my area, as they won’t withstand winters. I’m spraying and crying and screaming and having panic attacks. Have your parents buy you a can of RAID and keep it with you at all times!! Seeing that at a young age is what caused my fear. Worst night ever! I have noticed this myself. I do not walk under or near trees in the dark. I have used yard fog and then had to leave the house with the dogs because freaking out. 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. I could hardly read that! Thats exactly like me. I perspire profusely when I see one and it’s like I am frozen and can’t move. I dont know if its a phobia or what but roaches really do scare the hell out of me. If you see it flying towards you, you either interpret it as something dangerous or just something that gets in your way. Wow, my ex used to tickle my back to make me react. 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. I don’t mind the small roaches but if its bigger than 1 inch I’m paralyzed. Whether or not you are, there are ways to overcome your cockroach paranoia. An ambulance went off in the background over in town as I was doing it, which sent shivers down my spine. The cultural viewpoint states that your cockroach phobia developed from observing the behavior and reactions of people in your society or community. I am 14 years old and I’m deeply afraid of cockroaches. Start slow and small and gradually work your way up. Air can’t get in there without going through filtration. I have the same symptoms. But, I bought a used fridge and evidently brought in some of the little ones. If none of these options are feasible or even work for you and your lifestyle, then you can look into self-help groups. Which doesn’t work. Sometimes it feels like they don’t take me seriously. The cockroach. good luck. This can include other roaches. I’ve never had problems with them, but I’ve seen them. Here’s the story of when I saw a huge big black one in my sisters room. Yesterday I saw one crawl on the floor in the kitchen at 4 in the morning. In the meanwhile I got myself a huge mosquito net to cover my bed. If anyone knows anyway to help me get calm and or not freak out in these situations please let me know. What works for one person might not always work for another. That’s when I turned the lights on to see a huge roach crawling on my door. I mean to the point that when I see one (even in a photo) I get a proper panic attack, can’t breath, start to cry and even start to feel them crawling over me even though there are none there. Before these past months which I have spent on trying to alter my thoughts about these animals, I could not even stand to be in the same room as roaches, dead or live, and would feel almost complete panic if I encountered one. Most childhood cases of Katsaridaphobia resolve over time. I cannot go through my courtyard from house to garage at night. As I hit the 3rd or 4th one, it got alert and came flying down straight to my face just like an airplane landing. After having an incident with a roach, I tend to avoid the area that it happened at and if I do go there, I’m extremely paranoid the whole time. Nor did it help to watch that movie “Creep Show” where the scientist gets taken over by them. Im completely terrified of roaches. I had to call my mother that lives over 300 miles away to pray for me because I was freaking out. They say I’m just overreacting. I tried to ´deal with it´ but I can’t help being scared every time I see one. Hey everybody, I am absolutely terrified of cockroaches. That’s just to name a few examples, but there are many more. Well. YES, I can totally relate. I had a panic attack and I still have a bright flashlight with me just in case one roach pops out again. I am glad to know that this is an actual phobia. Overall, humans naturally fear the foreignness of their movements, anatomy, and behavior. What made me even madder is that it looked up at me like ‘that all you got’? So naturally I screamed and threw the dock, and the roach crawled behind the tv. I took a closer look, and realized it was a cockroach. But when you think of it, question yourself “what makes me so scarred of cockroaches”. I’m embarrassed to share that my phobia of these tiny monsters is absolutely debilitating and makes me feel like less of a grown adult, let alone a grown man. 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. All I could do was scream for help. Idk what to do… I am a 40 year old woman and just had another major panic attack/battle with … When I see a roach, I run out of the room and that part of the house. I’m 15 years old and I HATE cockroaches (the big ones that fly). Horses are far more dangerous, so why don't we fear them as much? I have NEVER had to deal with this and when I found them, I ran out the front door screaming. Phone at 8 percent because I’m not moving from this spot. I think it was the very last section that has it, but I may be mistaken. I lost it! They don’t die. I've always had a fascination with all kinds of infestations and am committed to improving the lives of those who've been affected. You don’t have to actually like cockroaches, but it’s quite OK not to be absolutely terrified of them. i tried sleeping and i kept waking up in a cold sweat every 5 minutes so my mom had to come and monitor my sleeping and just as she left and on top of my blanket was an adult freaking roach. That could be the reason why my cockroach phobia is horrible, first off I scream or cry or even freeze or step back. She told me that :"all of us girls fear roches" I just want to confirm her point of view. I have tried so much to get rid of them, but nothing worked. I felt it inside my mouth and I threw my cup. I find that a flyswatter kills the big ones the best – if you can get close enough. 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. Even now, roughly 12 years later, I can’t have small things that move in my room. I can’t get any peace when I’m alone in the flat, and this is so strange to me because I see myself as a pretty independent person who had things “under control” before. This will reduce the likelihood of heart palpitations, potential panic attacks, or shortness of breath. Are you afraid of ants? Carry a light and a flyswatter (just in case)! I don’t understand why I can’t kill them because they are disgusting. Be warned! Small ones, big ones, I just hate them all. Of course I had my Raid near by. My mom has an intense fear of cockroaches and worse for the flying ones. For people like this, it’s hard to live with the phobia. I asked her how’d it get in the room and she said they were having a roach (waterbug really but still it’s the cousin of the roach) problem. I agree with all of the comments above. In some cases though, it can persist into adulthood. Fearing cockroaches can also stem from their general anatomy as well. I can’t.. you can’t understand how scared I am of cockroaches. However, there is a difference between a mere fear and a phobia. They live in the dark and hide where you least expect them to. But there were these two mate cockroaches but i accidentally killed its mate i think it was the female cause its bigger. I am so terrified my baby and I are now sleeping in the spare room (with no aircon) just to avoid being in the same room I know a cockroach is in. You then tap to get rid of them. I constantly look at corners of the room and under things because a cockroach might be there. For some reason I don’t fear spiders – just cockroaches – after this event. Then it moved towards me and I ran for my life! I really don’t know when it all started. It all started when I was 6 years old when I was asleep in my room. Many people have phobias, they just hide it well and avoid things that trigger them. No biggie. I don’t want them crawling and spreading their filthy bacteria on me. Now this place is the only place that knows just how bad my fear is. As a toddler I did live in a rundown apartment building with an infestation, so maybe that was it. I cant even look at pictures of roaches without elevated heart rate, feelings of disgust and terror. Aside from that, humans have evolved to be frightened of certain objects because they are naturally threatening. Hence, it is essential to discuss the fear with a professional openly and without feeling embarrassed. I have a big fear of cockroaches I always try to get rid of the fear but I can’t. Im gonna have to turn my room upside down. I ran to get windex, but it was too late as the beast disappeared. According to Harvard Medical School, phobias are defined as fears that are: Depending on the severity, it can lead to intense anxiety and even paranoia. I hate it when my parents won’t kill the cockroaches flying around especially when they say that I’m overreacting. I see it wiggling it’s long disgusting antennas at me and It makes me want to vomit. If I see a cockroach I’ll panic, scream, run, or even cry. I can’t stand these things, I walk into the kitchen and there’s always 3 cracking around. When I see one I freeze and back up and don’t enter the room. So I’ve been up waiting on it, it’s 2:08 AM and I’m about to go sleep in my moms car. • Watch a My Little Pony episode (sounds stupid, but it distracts you) This whole thing is worrying me a great deal. I didn’t sleep in my bedroom for a week because I was afraid it would happen again (even though it didn’t really happen). After facing with this account, I blocked the person and I reported him, since that bothered me a lot. I can pinpoint the exact moments in my life that turns to me, a blue collar 19 year old graduate and musician, into a screaming baby whenever I see ANY of the little expletives in my house… Our brains may simply overreact by making us too wary of the insects, to the point of very real fear. However, personality traits, such as neurosis, are arguably transmitted genetically. My friend smacked it with a broom 6 times but it was just stunned. my problem with these demons started very young. For this strategy to be most effective, it is best to gradually build up your exposure. I am so terrified of the big flying roaches that I moved from NYC. I called my mom and she killed it and told me that i had to throw it in the toilet and she was not going to help me (to help me overcome my fear), but it took me half an hour just to pick up its dead body and flush it down the toilet and i was crying badly all the time i was doing it. Help me, please. Now almost 30, i can KINDA see one in the room and just keep an eye on it and be OK, but i can’t squash it, i can’t get a cup over it, i can’t scare it away, i just keep a clear escape route between myself and my door and its fine. You may have terrifying fantasies about what might happen when you’re around a cockroach. I had to wash all my sheets and spray raid to make sure there was no more . This can eventually become a physical fear of cockroaches. https://www.fearof.net/fear-of-cockroaches-phobia-katsaridaphobia My real big issue is I cannot kill them, like I will make my partner catch it and take it down the street and put it somewhere. I get paranoid and im get freaked out when I see something dark in my room or anywhere. I threw the shoe at it and missed, shaking, and it just sat there. 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. Reporter Foti Kallergis says he is afraid of roaches, so it's fitting we found him at the bug house at the Houston Zoo. And my roommate doesn’t help matters because she feels it’s stupid to be scared of them. I had a fear of cockroaches but I don’t anymore because I made myself go near it and not panic, run away and start screaming. I know that, realistically speaking, this isn’t a real problem and that I’m making a huge deal out of it, but still… somehow this one roach situation is now stopping me to be peaceful and productive in the flat, to enjoy my relationship and it’s causing me to not recognize myself anymore. Constantly spraying insecticides in the house and car, sweeping and brushing rugs and carpets, or cleaning kitchens and bathrooms etc to deter roaches are some signs of Katsaridaphobia. The difference lies in who and where you learn your phobia from. Lots of food and trash around = roaches. I only hate cockroaches because they can fly. Another thing is they are big and unpredictable. Too many wall or computer panels opened to reveal HUNDREDS running for cover. We also talk with Professor of Urban Entomology Dr. Philip G. Koehler about his research on cockroaches and get to know more about them. 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. Let me tell you this – there is no quick fix, there is no something you can read or hear, or a pill you can take to get rid of this. I don’t even pass under trees in Texas anymore because I know that is their home. BUT you can… I would have never known! Then they started showing up everywhere. But. Went into my bedroom tonight and turned around and there was a cockroach on the door frame and the door was closed, I felt trapped. I had to scoop food out of one side while cringing at the other side at the roach. I was in a panic state and I cannot move properly. It hit my chest then down to my leg and onto my foot. I grew up with these insects. Where they come from is disgusting and what they eat is even more disgusting. It’s because I know they swarm, if I see one I can’t deal because my brain just starts picturing them being all over the inside of the walls and in every little crack and my whole body gets shaky and cold. Forum Posts. When I get back and finally go inside there’s three, then four than five then six! I have had accidents where I’ve eaten or drank them and I freak out. I just can’t get used to this situation, moving out now would cost me too much and getting used to the flat (which is amazing other than those “visitors” every now and then) seems so far away from me. Roaches are unsanitary and vile. Along with their other scary traits, we can also look to a cockroach’s wings as a reason for fear. Adults expressing incredible fear at the sight of a cockroach can also unknowingly pass on their fear to children watching them. Such traits leave one more susceptible to developing a certain phobia. In this case, only the latter person will develop a phobia from that event. 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