Comments on: A toddler with an irrational fear of flies http://www.cutestkidever.org/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/285/ For anyone who loves cute kids Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:54:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: casey http://www.cutestkidever.org/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/285/comment-page-1/#comment-21216 casey Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:00:30 +0000 http://cutestbabyever.wildeggplant.com/2007/09/27/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/#comment-21216 hi I'm twenty years old and I have a serious fear of flies. I never really feared flies, but i strongly disliked horseflies for the common reason that they bite and hurt. But I didn't grow up with a fear of flies that I know of. It all start last August when a swarm of flies was on my windows in my room, then the whole downstairs windows were too. I know I definitely saw more than 40 flies at one time for a couple days. I would use all my strength to keep my cool long enough to open my window and they would all fly out, but they kept coming back. I thought that there had to be maggots somewhere so I tore my room APART and didn't sleep in my room for a couple week if not a month, even after the fact I never found any maggots. I obsessed about this for episode for MONTHS, asking everyone and anyone why this would happen and people said that it was because it was hot out. I finally let it go come September and I have moved since then. It is exactly one year later I am living in a different state and the SAME THING has happened! My room is down stairs again and my bathroom window has atleast 10 if not more flies on it. But the problem this time is that I can't even calm myself to open my window. I am uncontrollably shaking and running out of the bathroom and slamming the door behind me. My heart pounds out of my chest, I can't breathe, and I am seriously close to throwing up. I have honestly and TRULY never been scared of something so much in my life before that I physically suffer from it. If anyone has either experienced/felt this please let me know what I can do. My fear is getting worse I can't step foot in my bathroom even to get my stuff out. And it is starting a fear or ANY SORT of bug. Please help, Thanks and God Bless! hi I’m twenty years old and I have a serious fear of flies. I never really feared flies, but i strongly disliked horseflies for the common reason that they bite and hurt. But I didn’t grow up with a fear of flies that I know of. It all start last August when a swarm of flies was on my windows in my room, then the whole downstairs windows were too. I know I definitely saw more than 40 flies at one time for a couple days. I would use all my strength to keep my cool long enough to open my window and they would all fly out, but they kept coming back. I thought that there had to be maggots somewhere so I tore my room APART and didn’t sleep in my room for a couple week if not a month, even after the fact I never found any maggots. I obsessed about this for episode for MONTHS, asking everyone and anyone why this would happen and people said that it was because it was hot out. I finally let it go come September and I have moved since then.

It is exactly one year later I am living in a different state and the SAME THING has happened! My room is down stairs again and my bathroom window has atleast 10 if not more flies on it. But the problem this time is that I can’t even calm myself to open my window. I am uncontrollably shaking and running out of the bathroom and slamming the door behind me. My heart pounds out of my chest, I can’t breathe, and I am seriously close to throwing up.

I have honestly and TRULY never been scared of something so much in my life before that I physically suffer from it. If anyone has either experienced/felt this please let me know what I can do. My fear is getting worse I can’t step foot in my bathroom even to get my stuff out. And it is starting a fear or ANY SORT of bug.
Please help, Thanks and God Bless!

]]> By: tia http://www.cutestkidever.org/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/285/comment-page-1/#comment-21125 tia Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:15:53 +0000 http://cutestbabyever.wildeggplant.com/2007/09/27/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/#comment-21125 hello my 2 year old daughter has suddenly developed a far of flies, one landed on her today and she threw away her icecream and screamed, and now everytime there is a fly she screams and breaks down... is there anything that will help?? i dont want her scared of them because they are an everyday thing hello my 2 year old daughter has suddenly developed a far of flies, one landed on her today and she threw away her icecream and screamed, and now everytime there is a fly she screams and breaks down… is there anything that will help?? i dont want her scared of them because they are an everyday thing

]]> By: Alex http://www.cutestkidever.org/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/285/comment-page-1/#comment-20947 Alex Fri, 14 May 2010 19:56:27 +0000 http://cutestbabyever.wildeggplant.com/2007/09/27/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/#comment-20947 Oh my god, I'm 12 and I'm really scared of flies. I got bit by a horsefly when I was smaller, and ever since, I've been scared. Then, today, my friend Jamie brought a fly that was still alive to school. She said is was a house fly, and I was like 'OMG THAT THING IS HUGE!!' Because it was NOT house fly. Nor was it a horsefly. I'm telling you, it was BIG. Whenever I would see it, I would shiver and get really cold all of the sudden and I wouldn't stop shaking until it was out of sight. Oh my god, I’m 12 and I’m really scared of flies. I got bit by a horsefly when I was smaller, and ever since, I’ve been scared. Then, today, my friend Jamie brought a fly that was still alive to school. She said is was a house fly, and I was like ‘OMG THAT THING IS HUGE!!’ Because it was NOT house fly. Nor was it a horsefly. I’m telling you, it was BIG. Whenever I would see it, I would shiver and get really cold all of the sudden and I wouldn’t stop shaking until it was out of sight.

]]> By: Danielle http://www.cutestkidever.org/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/285/comment-page-1/#comment-20896 Danielle Sat, 08 May 2010 17:51:18 +0000 http://cutestbabyever.wildeggplant.com/2007/09/27/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/#comment-20896 Hi I'm 18 years old and I just got attacked by two flies that came into my house while my dad was cleaning the windows. I stumbled upon this website because I wanted to see if there was such a thing as a fear of flies, or if I was the only one. At first the flies came into the dining room so I ran upstairs and locked myself in the bathroom. To my horror I ended up locking myself up with one of those nasty things and I screamed at the top of my lungs and ran to my room. As I backed away from my bedroom door trying to calm myself, I realized that tears were starting to build up in my eyes. It was then that I knew there was something more than just a normal dislike of flies. I'm still shaking as I'm typing this, but it feels good to know that other people share my fear. Hi
I’m 18 years old and I just got attacked by two flies that came into my house while my dad was cleaning the windows. I stumbled upon this website because I wanted to see if there was such a thing as a fear of flies, or if I was the only one. At first the flies came into the dining room so I ran upstairs and locked myself in the bathroom. To my horror I ended up locking myself up with one of those nasty things and I screamed at the top of my lungs and ran to my room. As I backed away from my bedroom door trying to calm myself, I realized that tears were starting to build up in my eyes. It was then that I knew there was something more than just a normal dislike of flies. I’m still shaking as I’m typing this, but it feels good to know that other people share my fear.

]]> By: Wendi http://www.cutestkidever.org/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/285/comment-page-1/#comment-20450 Wendi Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:11:28 +0000 http://cutestbabyever.wildeggplant.com/2007/09/27/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/#comment-20450 I couldn't help but find this post, and I can honestly feel much emapthy for your child. I didn't have a fear of fies, exactly, but the fly swatter. Thus, I developed an "irrational fear" of flies. No, it wasn't the flies i was afraid of...it was the fly swatter! I HATED the sound of it, and I remember once, I saw what happened to fly after it was hit with one...it wasn't dead, it's legs still twitching...I was horrified, and nearly vomited. Ever since, if i saw a fly, I would try not to look at it (which is VERY hard for a naturalist like me!) and would freak out if anyone else saw it. So, indirectly, I do, and can sense his fear. Though, this might not a true "phobia". This sounds more like the sight of the bug moving around in a swift motion, tirggered the response of adrenaline, thus, instilling him with the "fight or flight" response, so when it touched him, he accosiated that with a predator, and learned to think of it as a true attacker and threat to his life. Zoe, your fear isn't a tue phobia, as it was caused by a traumatic event. This is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) thus, isn't an irrational fear, so, it would not qualify as a true phobia. Bekki, it could be your son is experiencing a connection between spiders and flies. Perhaps, his young brainwasn't quite capable of distinguishing between spiders and flies. Either way, it sounds like it's hard for him to deal with. I will hope for all of you, and pray for you as well, and hope your fears, or the fears of your children will cease. It's horrible living with it, and I can sympathize with all of you. As for advice I can give you helping him to cope and cure the fear, sometimes, comfort, cuddling, hugging and positive praise in't enough to cure a fear, and i know this from much, and several various accounts of personal experiences! I used to suffer from irrational fears (truely irrational, that is) and some not so irrational, but what it really came down to was my diet, and something in, or better said, lacking in my diet! I would like to contact you (via email) to explain more about how to cure him of his fears for good. Fear like his, something that could occur at any place, any time of day, can, and IS very dangerous to her health, as fear like this can over stimulate the production of enpinephrine (other wise known as adrenaline), leading to adrenal fatigue, something you wouldn't need for your child, in any way! The info I am hoping to give to you it's quite technical, and would take up a LOOOOOT of space on this page! So, if you could please give me an email, I would kindly take much heart to it, and would love to bring more joy and help into curing him of his frightful, fight-or-flight fly filled fear. You can contact me at septipig@hotmail.com, as this is the email adress i use the most often. I would gladly like to help him in overcoming his fear. I couldn’t help but find this post, and I can honestly feel much emapthy for your child.

I didn’t have a fear of fies, exactly, but the fly swatter. Thus, I developed an “irrational fear” of flies.

No, it wasn’t the flies i was afraid of…it was the fly swatter! I HATED the sound of it, and I remember once, I saw what happened to fly after it was hit with one…it wasn’t dead, it’s legs still twitching…I was horrified, and nearly vomited.

Ever since, if i saw a fly, I would try not to look at it (which is VERY hard for a naturalist like me!) and would freak out if anyone else saw it.

So, indirectly, I do, and can sense his fear. Though, this might not a true “phobia”. This sounds more like the sight of the bug moving around in a swift motion, tirggered the response of adrenaline, thus, instilling him with the “fight or flight” response, so when it touched him, he accosiated that with a predator, and learned to think of it as a true attacker and threat to his life.

Zoe, your fear isn’t a tue phobia, as it was caused by a traumatic event. This is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) thus, isn’t an irrational fear, so, it would not qualify as a true phobia.

Bekki, it could be your son is experiencing a connection between spiders and flies. Perhaps, his young brainwasn’t quite capable of distinguishing between spiders and flies. Either way, it sounds like it’s hard for him to deal with.

I will hope for all of you, and pray for you as well, and hope your fears, or the fears of your children will cease. It’s horrible living with it, and I can sympathize with all of you.

As for advice I can give you helping him to cope and cure the fear, sometimes, comfort, cuddling, hugging and positive praise in’t enough to cure a fear, and i know this from much, and several various accounts of personal experiences! I used to suffer from irrational fears (truely irrational, that is) and some not so irrational, but what it really came down to was my diet, and something in, or better said, lacking in my diet!

I would like to contact you (via email) to explain more about how to cure him of his fears for good. Fear like his, something that could occur at any place, any time of day, can, and IS very dangerous to her health, as fear like this can over stimulate the production of enpinephrine (other wise known as adrenaline), leading to adrenal fatigue, something you wouldn’t need for your child, in any way!

The info I am hoping to give to you it’s quite technical, and would take up a LOOOOOT of space on this page! So, if you could please give me an email, I would kindly take much heart to it, and would love to bring more joy and help into curing him of his frightful, fight-or-flight fly filled fear.

You can contact me at septipig@hotmail.com, as this is the email adress i use the most often. I would gladly like to help him in overcoming his fear.

]]> By: Zoe http://www.cutestkidever.org/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/285/comment-page-1/#comment-20264 Zoe Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:05:25 +0000 http://cutestbabyever.wildeggplant.com/2007/09/27/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/#comment-20264 Hey, I'm 18 and currently with a phobia of flies, (which I believe to be called Pteronarcophobia). My phobia started when I was about 2 years old thanks to my brother say that a swarm of flies in the back garden were going to get me. When I was about 8 years old my fear seemed to start going away, however, a year or so later a wasp landed on me, now I had never been scared of wasps as I had always been taught to stay still when one was flying near me, but having this wasp land on me reminded me of the reason why I had been scared of flies in the first place, they were a potential health hazard. Since then my phobia has only gotten worse to the point where any flying insect I used to like, i.e. ladybirds scare me. But having been scared of them for so long I have developed my own way of dealing with my phobia. I just hope that everyone is able to grow out of theirs' or find ways of dealing with it Hey,

I’m 18 and currently with a phobia of flies, (which I believe to be called Pteronarcophobia). My phobia started when I was about 2 years old thanks to my brother say that a swarm of flies in the back garden were going to get me. When I was about 8 years old my fear seemed to start going away, however, a year or so later a wasp landed on me, now I had never been scared of wasps as I had always been taught to stay still when one was flying near me, but having this wasp land on me reminded me of the reason why I had been scared of flies in the first place, they were a potential health hazard. Since then my phobia has only gotten worse to the point where any flying insect I used to like, i.e. ladybirds scare me.

But having been scared of them for so long I have developed my own way of dealing with my phobia. I just hope that everyone is able to grow out of theirs’ or find ways of dealing with it

]]> By: kirsten http://www.cutestkidever.org/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/285/comment-page-1/#comment-19540 kirsten Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:15:48 +0000 http://cutestbabyever.wildeggplant.com/2007/09/27/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/#comment-19540 Hi guys, My daughter, Destiny, is 3 years old and is absolutely TERRIFIED of flies. It popped up suddenly one day when my fiance and i were out walking and she was in the stroller when one landed on her knee. She threw her water bottle and started sreaming and shaking and NOTHING would calm her down. She curled up into a little ball and wouldnt move, let alone look out to see if the fly was hanging around. We had to take her home. Again, one was in the house not long ago, flying lazily around the middle of the room, and i called her for lunch. She wouldnt come so i went to find her and she was curled up on her favourite couch...saying 'scary mum, fly is so scary' then hiding again. I had to carry her into the kitchen and try to hunt down that fly. poor little mites. My 1 and 1/2 year, Kaidence, doesnt mind them though. Strange. Glad my little one isnt the only one with an unusual fear. Thanks guys. Kirsten. Hi guys,
My daughter, Destiny, is 3 years old and is absolutely TERRIFIED of flies. It popped up suddenly one day when my fiance and i were out walking and she was in the stroller when one landed on her knee. She threw her water bottle and started sreaming and shaking and NOTHING would calm her down. She curled up into a little ball and wouldnt move, let alone look out to see if the fly was hanging around. We had to take her home. Again, one was in the house not long ago, flying lazily around the middle of the room, and i called her for lunch. She wouldnt come so i went to find her and she was curled up on her favourite couch…saying ‘scary mum, fly is so scary’ then hiding again. I had to carry her into the kitchen and try to hunt down that fly. poor little mites. My 1 and 1/2 year, Kaidence, doesnt mind them though. Strange.

Glad my little one isnt the only one with an unusual fear. Thanks guys. Kirsten.

]]> By: Holly :3 http://www.cutestkidever.org/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/285/comment-page-1/#comment-18201 Holly :3 Sat, 30 May 2009 21:14:46 +0000 http://cutestbabyever.wildeggplant.com/2007/09/27/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/#comment-18201 I'm 12 and OMg i hate hate HATE flies. Somedays i won't even go out of the house cause there are flies EVERYWHERE. If the'yre in my room and it doesn't go quickly i can cry for AGES. Daddy-long-legs and Moths are also a problem. People say i'm confident and outgoing but in P.E last week i started HYPERVENTILATING because of two little-ish flies going round my head. I missed catching 3 balls in rounders because i was so scared. I know flies can't hurt me and they don't scare me unless they're ACTUALLY there; but i hate this fear and really want it to dissapear... PLease will someone just tell me what the fear of flies is called? Thankyou, and good-luck. From holly xx I’m 12 and OMg i hate hate HATE flies.
Somedays i won’t even go out of the house cause there are flies EVERYWHERE. If the’yre in my room and it doesn’t go quickly i can cry for AGES. Daddy-long-legs and Moths are also a problem.

People say i’m confident and outgoing but in P.E last week i started HYPERVENTILATING because of two little-ish flies going round my head. I missed catching 3 balls in rounders because i was so scared.

I know flies can’t hurt me and they don’t scare me unless they’re ACTUALLY there; but i hate this fear and really want it to dissapear…

PLease will someone just tell me what the fear of flies is called?
Thankyou, and good-luck.

From holly xx

]]> By: bekki http://www.cutestkidever.org/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/285/comment-page-1/#comment-18184 bekki Fri, 29 May 2009 09:29:26 +0000 http://cutestbabyever.wildeggplant.com/2007/09/27/a-toddler-with-an-irrational-fear-of-flies/#comment-18184 my son is also starting to show an irrational fear to flies, for some reason he will insist on calling them spiders, whish he isn't frightened of. It's all very strange. my son is also starting to show an irrational fear to flies, for some reason he will insist on calling them spiders, whish he isn’t frightened of. It’s all very strange.

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