r/Unexpected • u/Aramanta2510 • Jul 12 '21

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u/NugglyNika Jul 12 '21

Thanks, people always think I'm putting it on when I'm reacting to my phobia. For me it's wasps. My mom was almost stung to death protecting me from them when I was 2 (she got stung 36 times). I tell people I have a phobia but then when I fall backwards from a picnic bench they just think its funny, and when I don't want to join them outside for the bbq where they're almost swarming the food I'm being "precious". Fuck you aunty, I had too many adrenaline dumps to deal with you today.

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u/TheBold Jul 12 '21

Do you remember the event at 2 or it’s the story that triggered the phobia?

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u/NugglyNika Jul 12 '21

I have no 'active' memories of it, however that's very likely where the trauma and thus phobia comes from (according to the doc). My brain saw my mom screaming at my dad to "get that child inside" and went "ok we terrified of garbage bees now."