Monday, July 18, 2011

I'm unable to be around moths-and my house is full of them- help!?

When I was a little kid I lived in Boston and moths were no big deal. The only ones I ever saw were these pretty white ones that looked like butterflies that I would catch. But then when I was nine I moved to a small town that is literally infested with moths. And they're either the big nasty kind or the small ones that creep into your food. Since then I became phobic of them because there were just so many and they would always fly into me and I'd find them in my food and the shower and one time this particularly huge nasty one crawled down my shirt. I was so extremely phobic of them that I would sometimes freeze and cry if I just saw one. But then I succesfully rid myself of tgis phobia (or nearly). I was ok as long as they werent on me. I was even at a family gathering outdoors where I was bombarded with them. But recently I've been feeling really uncomfortable with them. Sometimes I can calm myself down but other times I basically go to hysteria. It's not as bad as when I was a kid and I wouldn't call it a true phobia but its getting there and I can't let myself get there because my house is infested with them. I know they can't hurt me but they are just so nasty. I dont know if this is relevant but as a kid I also had sensory integration disorder so I hated things such as being barefoot on grass,seaweed, wet sand, dandelions, the sound of styrofoam, etc. But I have outgrown it and have no problem with any of that stuff anymore. Actually I only had SID until I was 7-8 but when I outgrew it thats when the moth phobia started. Anyways, what should I do?

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