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
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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 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 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 was squeezed through an overly-crowded hallway down to my psychologist's. There, I sat in an overly-crowded waiting room to see him, next to an obese woman and an insane man. I finally entered the smaller-than-a-closet room. My reason for seeing a psychologist? Claustrophobia. FML
Today, I went to see a therapist for help with my severe fear of spiders. The therapist held a big spider in a box inches away from my face. I ran to the back of the room and asked him why. He responded with, "Aren't therapists supposed to help you face your fears?" I'm paying $150 an hour. 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, 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 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, there's a moth in my house, who either does nothing, or flies around like it just ate enough sugar for one lifetime. Every time I see it, I think it's a wasp and, being deathly afraid of them, I go into a full-blown panic attack until the sight of it bumping into light bulbs brings me back to reality. FML
Today, I told my mom about the severe phobia I've developed towards driving. She was very supportive and even made me an appointment to see a psychologist. His office is two hours away. I have to drive to see my doctor about my fear of driving. FML
Today, I had to go to therapy for my fear of cats. All the way there, my girlfriend kept making cat noises and scratching at me. FML
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blahblahblah5_x 13
That is kind of a creepy idea; decorating the place with dead animals
pertained 12
Run for your life
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Livinia 11
Decorating the place with dead insects? That's weird.
IceeCreamm 7
small things make you laugh? :-O
fgwrxfiend 11
hmm..I think I know why this girl got so many thumbs up lol
danza_fml 0
That is rather creepy.
northern_lights 0
At least your doctor was being proactive.
rawritsgreta7 0
that person is crazy, who the hell collects butterflies ?! you should have smashed the jars.
phatdaddy62 23
Really? Are you 12?
DjeePee 25
I collect fur. Are you now going to burn my house down?
CitrusGirl 0
Everyone knows that the only rational way to react to a hobby you don't like is to commit arson.
Blueglasscup 18
Am I the only one that finds it odd that OP's name is "Jeffery T" but the gender is female? Either way FYL OP.
Jaxx66 21
where does it say OP is female?
Jaxx66 21
derp. nvm. found it. *facepalm*
goshpeople 4
Strange that a psychiatrist's office would be decorated in such a way. Normally they're neutral places with nothing to spark a negative reaction. Perhaps the insects were put up specially for you. Testing the depth of your phobia and how you handle situations where butterflies and moths come up unexpectedly. At least, that would be an amusing explanation.
kiltsaresexy 4
Exposures are necessary in relieving anxiety about things/ situations, so the exposure to the bugs would be good for OP's therapy.
starile 20
The exposure would be best begun after the psych has examined her/ at least met her ONCE to see how she is. Putting up such a decoration on purpose would run the risk of a full-on panic attack, which no one would know the consequences of.
Flutist 3
The Facility might have been used by other people, as a sort of science building. It might have been an exibit for other purposes. I have been to high end psychiatrists who had bright decorations. One of my psychiatrists decorated with animal heads. I asked to switch--my phobia is dead things.
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
Redecorating an entire office for one potential patient? That's one committed shrink. A shitty one, probably, but a committed one nonetheless.
goshpeople 4
Does no one recognize facetiousness? I even indicated that "at least" the scenario I proposed would be an amusing explanation, because it's obviously far-fetched and very likely untrue.
bluegoldfish 7
don't worry 183, i thought it was funny :)
alexsmokesdro91 0
Looks like the psychiatrist is already getting inside your head, he must be good.
Riddles66 0
1: Butterflys are beautiful, 2: you should face your fears. it the only way to get over them
bluegoldfish 7
that's not really how it works. if people with psychological problems could just "get over them" themselves, psychiatrists woukd be out of a job.
Blueglasscup 18
Yep I'm with 49 on this one. Wanna be blue buddies? :D
rooneyroo 0
I agree. WTF are all these new phobias? I call bullshit. it's just attention whoring. listen, I'm afraid of spiders, but it's not a ******* disorder. I just squash them. get over your fake phobia
bluegoldfish 7
yay blue buddies!
bhaleyes 0
I think it's time to find another psychiatrist...
dgr8ing 0
they did it on purpose that's how you get rid of phobias!!!
geeksaresexy 18
I hope that was supposed to be a joke.. Flooding is only one possible way to cure phobias and is generally considered less effective and overly traumatic. It has a greater chance of spontaneous recovery than other methods. Also if this was their first session they wouldn't have decided on a course of treatment yet.
SighMaster3000 4
35 here I am agreeing with you again! Flooding form of exposure therapy isn't for the faint hearted and there should be an explicit agreement that this will happen. Systematic desensitization is a much more effective method, which involves gradually ramping up the stimulus of the feared object.
TheDrifter 24
But for those of us with a warped sense of humor, flooding is a much more amusing form of therapy. Perhaps op has seen other therapists before and they recommended it after failures with systematic desensitization? The major drawback to desensitization is that it often isn't enough to break the phobia and simply induces panic over and over.