Animals: Today, I found out I have an incredible fear of butterflies....

By anonymous - 07/06/2012 11:00 - United States

Today, I found out I have an incredible fear of butterflies. I discovered this after my mother took me to a butterfly sanctuary for some "mother-daughter bonding time." FML

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By JefferyT - 03/06/2011 05:16 - United States

Today, I was taken to my first session with my psychiatrist. The entirety of the facility, from the waiting room to the doc's office was decorated with dead butterflies in glass. I was there for my crippling mottephobia, the irrational fear of moths and butterflies. FML

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By tryscal - 12/07/2009 04:35 - United States

Today, I was attempting to teach a bunch of 2nd and 5th graders on why it's so important to face your fears and try your best. It was going pretty well, until I was attacked by a pair of butterflies. I am afraid of butterflies - I ran away screaming like a little girl. FML

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By Why Me? - 31/01/2013 09:07 - United States - Scranton

Today, I found out that I have a highly irrational fear of little people. I made this self discovery when my mother introduced the family to her new fiancé. FML

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Panic at the crosswalk

By Butterflyguy - 14/08/2009 17:10 - Canada

Today, I literally stopped traffic. I was crossing the street and a butterfly landed on me. Being phobic of butterflies, I had a panic attack in the middle of the road. Oh, and I am 17, captain of our football team, and in very good shape. My girlfriend laughed the hardest. FML

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Owl be there for you

By No2ndDate - 01/02/2017 22:00 - United States - Mount Pleasant

Today, I went on a date to an owl sanctuary. Today is also the day I discovered my all-encompassing fear of owls, as I cried and pissed myself in front of my date and 15 other visitors. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/03/2013 18:05 - United States

Today, my boyfriend found out about my severe phobia of moths. It's so bad that I sometimes pass out. He caught a moth in a jar, and put it on my bedside table. I woke up, saw it, and had a panic attack. He recorded it all and wants to upload it to YouTube. FML

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By a-scared - 06/08/2009 22:18 - United States

Today, I went to the Grand Canyon with my family. Also today, I found out that I have a crippling fear of heights. My family left me on a ledge hyperventilating and having a mental breakdown, while they hiked for another 2 hours. They won't stop telling me how pretty it was and what I missed. FML

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Not funny, guys

By livgasms - This FML is from back in 2011 but it's good stuff - United Kingdom

Today, my family decided it would be hilarious to catch the biggest moths they could and let them loose in my room. I'm terrified of moths and they thought it would be "funny as hell" to watch me freak out. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/11/2012 18:34 - United States - Erie

Today, after being a germaphobe for almost ten years and refusing to go out to restaurants because of it, I finally had the courage to face my fear, and went to dinner with my family. After three bites into my salad, I found a dead bug in it. FML

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Tasty

By Anonymous - 18/03/2023 18:00

Today, I found out that my kids played around with a bunch of caterpillars they'd found in the yard, then informed me they'd eaten a few. I then had to scramble to Google "Is this kind of caterpillar poisonous?" FML

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immaMonsta 8

Thursday 7 June 2012 16:03

It's okay OP, Spongebob is afraid of butterflies too.

allard 14

Thursday 7 June 2012 16:06

Butterfly used 'Flutter around harmlessly!' It was super effective!

Comments

MyEpicFail 9

Thursday 7 June 2012 17:50

OMG!!! Butterflies attack! O_O lol, com'on butterflies are the most beautiful kind of bugs :3

datoismyname 22

Thursday 7 June 2012 17:58

Noor isn't funny anyway. So it's okay.

Angitia 8

Thursday 7 June 2012 18:15

Everyone has phobias, whether they're aware or unaware of them.

BandWagonGuy 8

Thursday 7 June 2012 18:18

50, neither is that meme, "noor" are you. O.O

stormchaser24 24

Thursday 7 June 2012 18:19

Don't blame you, butterflies land in poo and dead animals for water/moisture. So they can carry disease.

Dommin 4

Thursday 7 June 2012 18:27

I'm terrified of moths and I have developed a fear of butterflies because of it. That would be my personal hell. I feel ya, OP.

nerdsgetmehot 22

Thursday 7 June 2012 18:29

Well, butterflies do look pretty weird up close. Far away, you're like, "Oh, how pretty" but up close they look just like any other insect.

dancinwookie 21

Thursday 7 June 2012 18:38

Were you kicked out of the butterfly sanctuary for slapping the crap out of a bunch of butterflies as they swarmed you? I bet you were, or at least the imagery is funny enough that, that is what I'm gonna imagine actually happened.

shadowPlayer 6

Thursday 7 June 2012 18:40

God, I am too!! I went to one of those when I was 5 in bright colours and they swarmed me.

saidawhiting 14

Thursday 7 June 2012 18:46

'S okay OP, me too. And like you, I also realized I was afraid of them while visiting a butterfly sanctuary with my mother. The wings are pretty. The bugs attached to them are gross.