Today, I found out I have an incredible fear of butterflies. I discovered this after my mother took me to a butterfly sanctuary for some "mother-daughter bonding time." FML
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Today, I was taken to my first session with my psychiatrist. The entirety of the facility, from the waiting room to the doc's office was decorated with dead butterflies in glass. I was there for my crippling mottephobia, the irrational fear of moths and butterflies. FML
Today, I was attempting to teach a bunch of 2nd and 5th graders on why it's so important to face your fears and try your best. It was going pretty well, until I was attacked by a pair of butterflies. I am afraid of butterflies - I ran away screaming like a little girl. FML
Today, I found out that I have a highly irrational fear of little people. I made this self discovery when my mother introduced the family to her new fiancé. FML
Today, I literally stopped traffic. I was crossing the street and a butterfly landed on me. Being phobic of butterflies, I had a panic attack in the middle of the road. Oh, and I am 17, captain of our football team, and in very good shape. My girlfriend laughed the hardest. FML
Today, I went on a date to an owl sanctuary. Today is also the day I discovered my all-encompassing fear of owls, as I cried and pissed myself in front of my date and 15 other visitors. FML
Today, my boyfriend found out about my severe phobia of moths. It's so bad that I sometimes pass out. He caught a moth in a jar, and put it on my bedside table. I woke up, saw it, and had a panic attack. He recorded it all and wants to upload it to YouTube. FML
Today, I went to the Grand Canyon with my family. Also today, I found out that I have a crippling fear of heights. My family left me on a ledge hyperventilating and having a mental breakdown, while they hiked for another 2 hours. They won't stop telling me how pretty it was and what I missed. FML
Today, my family decided it would be hilarious to catch the biggest moths they could and let them loose in my room. I'm terrified of moths and they thought it would be "funny as hell" to watch me freak out. FML
Today, after being a germaphobe for almost ten years and refusing to go out to restaurants because of it, I finally had the courage to face my fear, and went to dinner with my family. After three bites into my salad, I found a dead bug in it. FML
Today, I found out that my kids played around with a bunch of caterpillars they'd found in the yard, then informed me they'd eaten a few. I then had to scramble to Google "Is this kind of caterpillar poisonous?" FML
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immaMonsta 8
It's okay OP, Spongebob is afraid of butterflies too.
allard 14
Butterfly used 'Flutter around harmlessly!' It was super effective!
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Comments (132)
MyEpicFail 9
OMG!!! Butterflies attack! O_O lol, com'on butterflies are the most beautiful kind of bugs :3
datoismyname 22
Noor isn't funny anyway. So it's okay.
Angitia 8
Everyone has phobias, whether they're aware or unaware of them.
BandWagonGuy 8
50, neither is that meme, "noor" are you. O.O
stormchaser24 24
Don't blame you, butterflies land in poo and dead animals for water/moisture. So they can carry disease.
Dommin 4
I'm terrified of moths and I have developed a fear of butterflies because of it. That would be my personal hell. I feel ya, OP.
nerdsgetmehot 23
Well, butterflies do look pretty weird up close. Far away, you're like, "Oh, how pretty" but up close they look just like any other insect.
dancinwookie 21
Were you kicked out of the butterfly sanctuary for slapping the crap out of a bunch of butterflies as they swarmed you? I bet you were, or at least the imagery is funny enough that, that is what I'm gonna imagine actually happened.
shadowPlayer 6
God, I am too!! I went to one of those when I was 5 in bright colours and they swarmed me.
saidawhiting 14
'S okay OP, me too. And like you, I also realized I was afraid of them while visiting a butterfly sanctuary with my mother. The wings are pretty. The bugs attached to them are gross.