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0 pointswhinenot2y ago0 comments

I once had a wasp hiding near my center console start stinging my arm as soon as put my arm down as I started driving. Fortunately, I was still in my residential neighborhood so I was able to pull over and jump out of the car without causing an accident but it's easy to imagine the poorer consequences had I been a little further in my journey.

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lacrimacida2y ago

I have unpredictible behavior when spiders or roaches are crawling on me, it’s an automatic reaction I can’t seem to control. Im not really afraid of spiders or roaches so no phobia involved. Once I almost broke my arm, I hit it really hard to a wall to get the thing off.

Is there any hope for me to tame these reactions?

schiem2y ago

If you're serious about it, the way that I (accidentally) found that works is to keep some spiders and roaches as pets. I used to be the same way, involuntarily flinching whenever a large enough insect would crawl on me until I adjusted to being around them all the time. The roaches and smaller spiders don't trigger any kind of involuntary reflex anymore. I do still flinch when the largest spiders (> 5 inch leg span) move very quickly while I'm doing maintenance but I'm pretty okay with that, especially because one of them could put me in the hospital.

jacquesm2y ago

> it's easy to imagine the poorer consequences had I been a little further in my journey.

The wasp would have been fine.

Makes you wonder how many cause unknown single vehicle crashes where the driver dies are the result of insects.

whinenotOP2y ago

Some people may view this scene[0] as overly dramatic, whereas I think it's perfectly understandable once it happens to you.

[0]https://youtu.be/nJ_pVgV1EZQ?t=216

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