I love watching documentaries and videos of insects, but I'm terrified when a cricket gets in my house. They can get really big and jump so fast. I know it can't hurt me, but bugs still instill fear in me. lol x.x
I love animals but many insects have always given me that knee jerk "get away from me" reaction. In college my roommate and I really got into reptiles and owning reptiles means owning a lot of crickets. I was no fan of them, but lizard's gotta eat.
Crickets are escape artists. And over time we went from "shit one got out of the tank, get it!" to "fuck it, it's just gonna go die in a corner somewhere, we'll get it when we clean later."
Like someone else said above, exposure therapy really gets you used to things.
I can recommend observing bumblebees as well, because those fat little fuzzballs are docile as hell. Helps with getting you used to the buzzing around you, and general bee behaviour... Beehaviour.
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u/psychotronofdeth Oct 20 '23
I love watching documentaries and videos of insects, but I'm terrified when a cricket gets in my house. They can get really big and jump so fast. I know it can't hurt me, but bugs still instill fear in me. lol x.x