Scared of cockroaches

@lady1993 (27224)
Philippines
September 5, 2012 6:44am CST
A small one was just flying in front of my face and i totally freaked out. Good thing it wasn't huge, so i just killed it. ugh, but it touched my skin, my leg part..I wonder why many people are so scared of them. Good thing i am not that scared of them anymore..
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@jadoixa (1166)
• Philippines
7 Sep 12
that is kind of freaking when a cockroach flies towards you. i feel the same way but i am not that scared of cockroaches, i just try to step on them or smash them when i see them. they are just kind of gross when they can crawl and touch on your skin. but some people can be really scared of cockroaches. they over react when they see one,..
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@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
yeah, i have some friends who over react- since they are girls.. but some guys are also scared of them.. i have one friend who is so funny that people sometimes even taunt him more with those scary insects. But he is genuinely scared though.
• Philippines
7 Sep 12
I am not really totally scared of cockroaches. I just think they're soo yucky and icky I don't want to be near them. Whenever I see cockroaches, I just feel like I want to kill them brutally but when they're flying, it makes me want to just run away, haha! I think flying cockroaches are really the worst.
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@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
YEah, i want to kill all of them too- but then maybe they would be useful in some ways, since all animals that were created have some use, although i am not sure what they are. We just have to control their population since they reproduce fast.
@shaggin (72141)
• United States
30 Oct 12
I have only seen a cockroach one time. My biology teacher had a hissing cockroach as a pet. Around here they are not common. The only people who have cockroaches are the ones living in filth. A friend on facebook just posted that her son spent the night at a friends house and came home crying that something had crawled in his ear. She took him to the er and they flushed his ear out 6 times but they couldnt get it out. She had to take him to an ent who got it out in pieces. They identified it as a cockroach.
• United States
30 Oct 12
Ewwwwwww! I feel like I need a shower after reading that. I can't imagine how much worse your friend's son must've felt...
@swirlz (3136)
• Philippines
5 Sep 12
I'm more hateful than scared of cockroaches, to be honest, especially when they fly! I agree, it just freaks me out when I feel their legs on my skin. I feel like scrubbing my skin with bleach afterwards, it's that gross. Even killing them is disgusting. Their guts come out and make a mess on the floor.
@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
yeah, i think they are on of the dirtiest insects on the planet..they are super disgusting, i don't know why.. i think rats are even dirtier, but cockroaches scare me more. I can't bare to see those people who let roaches land on their body like those in reality tv.
@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
26 Feb 13
Cockroaches are for me one of the most hideous bugs! I found one walking in my room a couple of weeks ago and I drowned it with Raid. I`m not sure that the liquid does anything to those creatures, but the amount was fatal.
@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
Yeah, whenever i see one, i would immediately get an insecticide and try to kill it. it is scary sometimes, since some of them are a little imune to it or die slowly so they still crawl or even fly towards me which is jut scary.
@fatlex06 (895)
• Philippines
5 Sep 12
Oh my. You must be very brave to kill it by yourself. I, myself can't do that. I chill everytime I tried to. How do you do that? I'm scared of cockroaches since I was young. Specially the one who flies and so maroon. I hate them. I even ask God why do cockroaches exist. But ofcourse, they are part of the eco system. But still, there are questions in my head why? why? why? But I won't do anything to conquer my fear. My boyfriend told me that one of these days, he will try to leave me in a room full of cockroaches. He told me to conquer my fear towards that insect. I say, hell no!! There's no way the cockroach will touch my skin. Not even my hair. But there was one time when the cockroach flew from my head. I almost die!
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@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
I have some friends who are very scared of it too- even i was scared of it so much when i was still young, but now i kind of gt over it a little bit.. since i can kill them myself now. Although i can only do it by throwing a slipper, but preferralbe by using insecticides.. no direct contact needed.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
5 Sep 12
I hate flying bugs the most, I can't really see them fast enough to identify them and I hate being bit or stung.
@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
YEah, i think i have been stung by a wasp or something before- but it was my fault since i was bothering it. I hurt a bit, now i am scared of all bee-looking animals.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
6 Sep 12
I'm not scared of cockroach but on impulse when I see one is to killed them. It's one of the dirtiest insect that could transmit diseases, so if it's possible eliminate them whenever you see one.
@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
Yes, it is definitely dirty so it is okay to kill them.. Since they also reproduce very fats so if you just let one live they can give birth to hundreds in a few days.
@namiya (1718)
• Philippines
5 Sep 12
i find cockroaches very nasty and i feel more unpleasant than afraid whenever i see one. hence if i see one i won't stop until its killed and if i can't do it i let someone usually my son do it.
@topffer (42156)
• France
5 Sep 12
I have not seen cockroaches since my college years : I had one year a bedroom with large cockroaches, and I was disgusted by them, not scared. I never managed to destroy them completely.
@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
Yes, they are definitely disgusting.. i feel a lot of things about them- disgusted, scared, and all those negative stuff. I have seen one recently, in a friends house-we even argued about who would kill it.
• Philippines
5 Sep 12
hi lady, I think everyone does knowing it is one of dirtiest creature Even you are not scared once it crawl on you for sure you will freak out happy mylotting
@swats89 (1729)
• India
5 Sep 12
i think the brown color and the antenna of cockroaches and the scary structure make us scared. sometimes i m also scared of them, u know when they fly at u. anyways cheers.
@roshigo58 (4859)
• Pune, India
5 Sep 12
Hi, I am not scared of cockroaches but I hate cockroaches. I get annoyed when I see cockroach in our house. It is very dirty creature.
@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
10 Mar 13
Yes, it is indeed very dirty-- maybe that is one of the reasons some people hate or are scared of them.. since they bring disease and other bad stuff, they smell bad too. Whenever i see one i call my mom immediately to kill it.
• India
5 Sep 12
i dont understand too, many are afraid of those poor creatures, even when they dont bite and cause no harm, but still people ,hmm, i feel really strange.
@Raine38 (12250)
• United States
5 Sep 12
You're not the only one. I'm also freakingly scared of flying cockroaches in any shape or size. I am actually wary of creepy crawlers but I think I fear the roach most of all because of its tendency to bite you and even make you sick.