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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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 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
Today, my "friends" who know very well that I am terrified of bees forced me to face my fears, despite my protesting. As my "friends" watched and laughed while I tried to keep calm, a wasp showed up and scared me half to death, thereby angering the other bees. My face looked like a giant raspberry after the fact. FML
Today, my first graders released the butterflies we've been raising. The kids were sad that one had died in his cocoon and wouldn't be set free. Turns out that butterfly may have had a better fate: a flock of birds ate half of the others. Immediately after releasing them. In front of the kids. FML
Today, in an attempt to face my phobia of public speaking, I accepted an offer to read to a group of elementary school students. It went well, until I reached a rather funny part in the book and completely lost my composure with uncontrollable laughter. I don't think I'll be asked to come back. FML
Today, I had an extreme panic attack in the middle of class. I interrupted another person's presentation, burst into tears, and ran out of class whilst everyone looked at me. FML
Today, I was sitting at my college campus; there were good looking girls all around me and I was trying to catch their eye and smile, letting them know I'm available. A butterfly flew by me and I screamed. FML
Today, I was stung by a red wasp. While my husband heroically killed it, I, the person terrified of wasps after being swarmed as a child, collapsed, sobbed, screamed, and almost vomited from sheer terror. Give me snakes, spiders, insects galore and I am fine. Single flying asshole of doom and I turn into a child. FML
Today, I was talking about phobias and anxiety disorders in psychology class. I nearly had a panic attack because I was worried that someone might realize I suffer from them. FML
Today, I was with my kids. We saw a tiny little bug and they started freaking out. Trying to show them that bugs are not scary, I picked it up. It bit me and now I have to go to the doctor because my hand is the size of a balloon. FML
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Nomad609 0
YDI for letting your fear get the best of you when you should have acted tough in front of your students. Practice what you preach. Then again.. Seriously, butterflies? LMAO XD
dRose22 0
Can't imagine what you would do if they were bees.
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Comments (179)
crazyhominid 0
on the next maury!
ObadiahtheSlim 2
I loled. You Sir/Madam, are a genius.
MaramaBreaksFace 0
Just because you are a teacher doesn't give you the right to be a hypocrite. YDI.
Nomad609 0
YDI for letting your fear get the best of you when you should have acted tough in front of your students. Practice what you preach. Then again.. Seriously, butterflies? LMAO XD
dRose22 0
Can't imagine what you would do if they were bees.
katherinebby17 28
that made me laugh
Mnemic 6
Butterflies? Where the hell is that coming from? :P And I agree with #3! :P I'm afraid of certain spiders, snakes and others things that can kill me. :P
doloreshaze_fml 0
Actually, butterflies can be pretty aggressive if you are wearing a scent which they are attracted to. They try to lick you to death.
misguidedvision 0
Butterflies are flying worms lol
Jojul 0
Mwahahaha butterflies... Lepidopterophobia for those who don't know. I used to have it too, till my dad literally pulled me into a butterfly garden. The huge ones still frighten me though.
PennyAnna 3
Good god, I went to a butterfly garden once. Didn't help at all. I had a panic attack and had to leave.
Jojul 0
You need someone to prevent you from leaving. That's how it worked for me. I still remember that I literally stood petrified at the entrance till gently coaxed on by my mom.
volleyballgirl16 0
haha your father wins but i can imagine you being terrified
Myrenhi 0
My pharmacy class took a trip to the botanical garden a while back to study medicinal plants. Once we reached the butterfly section I was the lucky one to be smothered in the face by a swarm of them. That was surprisingly frightening >____>
meredith743 6
Me too! So awful.
jewjewbee 6
OMG! I'm not the only person afraid of butterflies!
sjx 0
me too!
Phillay632 0
Yeah, I understand how you could be scared of butterflies... You know, with all of their gentle fluttering and all.
plushie 0
more like uncontrolled flight path of terror!!!
irononreverse 0
They're just moths in fancy dress!
cuterthanuthink 0
lol wut?
SAF_fml 0
wow I hope you got fired then couldn't pay rent so your girlfriend left you and you got evicted then had to move in with your parents then they kicked you out fo not having a job and since they walked in on you masturbating they thought it'd be awkward
Shmeagle 0
So, he lost his girlfriend, job, home and was caught masturbating?
Volti_fml 0
... what the bell?
Mordakai420 6
Dafuq did I just read?
mehwhateverr 0
attacked? no. butterflies don't attack. plus, if you were telling them to face their fears, you should have done the same. ydi.