Seriously, why are people afraid of bugs?

I've never understood this, and I'm interested in hearing one rational explanation.

I mean, for example, just now a HUGE roach ran across my floor. Did I run? No. I jumped up and beat its ass to death. Now it's dead, and I'm about to eat a delicious burrito. So what's the problem?

Now, some people say that we have a subconscious fear of bugs that dates back millions of years to before human beings even existed.

But I'm even skeptical about that. Because my cat likes to eat bugs. My dog likes to eat bugs.Monkeys eat bugs. Chimps eat bugsw, and they're our closest living relatives.

So howe is it that even our closest ape ancestors eat bugas for breakfast, yet we're so afraid of bugs that insead of killing them we let them get away so that they can creep us out later?

I just don't understand it. They weigh about as much as a sunflower seed. Just **** them up and go back to whatever it is that you were doing. Is there actually a RATIONAL reason why people tend to be disgusted by anything with more than four legs?

That's the problem with a lot these fears, they're just irrational. Hence phobias are born...irrational fear of specific things. I can't put a logical reason to it, but I could possibly reason that some people just don't like the feeling of having a bug crawling across their skin, or touching them in anyway, because it probably makes them feel dirty.

Could also be due to the fact that you can get sick from bugs merely touching you.

It is an irrational fear :o and it means that your house might not be in the best shape :P

am not scared of bugs am scared of spiders i don't know why

i saw something on tv has to do something with the brain(duh)

but i don't know why

because they bite/sting you!

because otherwise it would be madness...

People are afraid of what they don't understand. Bugs are so unlike humans anatomically and socially that people consider them aliens.

Ok, are you ready for my un-ending list of hatred towards bugs?!

Well, it starts off with psychological trauma. When I was really young I went wife my brother to spend the night at our friend's house. During the first part of the afternoon they spend the whole time throwing June Bugs on me while I was swimming in the pool. The June bugs kept crawling and scratching all over my face. It wasn't necessarily painful, just freaky. Later on that night my friend would put them in his mouth, alive, and then come up to be and start talking and spit them out on me. Once again, un-nerving! Finally, that night we decided to sleep outside in his tree house. Well, him and my bro decided it'd be great fun to fill my sleeping bag up with them. So at this point it's completely dark, there's bugs all over my only, supposed, form of protection. I'm officially overboard now. I hate all bugs!

After that it was just one thing after another. Moths have a knack for flying straight into my eyes, ears, mouth, etc. It's almost like they're conspiring against me. I've come to realize it's the overall unpredictable nature of bugs that scares me. They're not restricted by gravity, like every other living pest. Oh no, they come at you from all sides! There's nowhere safe to run or hide. I don't even like to kill things like June Bugs or cockroaches because of the crunching texture (it's sort of the same argument about people not liking vegetables). It's just something about it. Basically anything that hardshelled or flies at my face is a sworn enemy. I've also been bitten countless times by spiders while I'm asleep and that only compounds the anger. They're sneaking and ruthless!

Ok, are you ready for my un-ending list of hatred towards bugs?!

Well, it starts off with psychological trauma. When I was really young I went wife my brother to spend the night at our friend's house. During the first part of the afternoon they spend the whole time throwing June Bugs on me while I was swimming in the pool. The June bugs kept crawling and scratching all over my face. It wasn't necessarily painful, just freaky. Later on that night my friend would put them in his mouth, alive, and then come up to be and start talking and spit them out on me. Once again, un-nerving! Finally, that night we decided to sleep outside in his tree house. Well, him and my bro decided it'd be great fun to fill my sleeping bag up with them. So at this point it's completely dark, there's bugs all over my only, supposed, form of protection. I'm officially overboard now. I hate all bugs!

After that it was just one thing after another. Moths have a knack for flying straight into my eyes, ears, mouth, etc. It's almost like they're conspiring against me. I've come to realize it's the overall unpredictable nature of bugs that scares me. They're not restricted by gravity, like every other living pest. Oh no, they come at you from all sides! There's nowhere safe to run or hide. I don't even like to kill things like June Bugs or cockroaches because of the crunching texture (it's sort of the same argument about people not liking vegetables). It's just something about it. Basically anything that hardshelled or flies at my face is a sworn enemy. I've also been bitten countless times by spiders while I'm asleep and that only compounds the anger. They're sneaking and ruthless!

Kalel559

You should be more affriad of you friends.

Ok, are you ready for my un-ending list of hatred towards bugs?!

Well, it starts off with psychological trauma. When I was really young I went wife my brother to spend the night at our friend's house. During the first part of the afternoon they spend the whole time throwing June Bugs on me while I was swimming in the pool. The June bugs kept crawling and scratching all over my face. It wasn't necessarily painful, just freaky. Later on that night my friend would put them in his mouth, alive, and then come up to be and start talking and spit them out on me. Once again, un-nerving! Finally, that night we decided to sleep outside in his tree house. Well, him and my bro decided it'd be great fun to fill my sleeping bag up with them. So at this point it's completely dark, there's bugs all over my only, supposed, form of protection. I'm officially overboard now. I hate all bugs!

After that it was just one thing after another. Moths have a knack for flying straight into my eyes, ears, mouth, etc.It's almost like they're conspiring against me.I've come to realize it's the overall unpredictable nature of bugs that scares me. They're not restricted by gravity, like every other living pest. Oh no, they come at you from all sides! There's nowhere safe to run or hide. I don't even like to kill things like June Bugs or cockroaches because of the crunching texture (it's sort of the same argument about people not liking vegetables). It's just something about it. Basically anything that hardshelled or flies at my face is a sworn enemy. I've also been bitten countless times by spiders while I'm asleep and that only compounds the anger. They're sneaking and ruthless!

Kalel559

Well I was going to post as to why I hate bugs, but aftersuch a great postwhat's the point? You're a skilled writer. I couldn't stop laughing, especially at the underlined.

Kudos.