Thanks for the message.


--- Highlandcoo20 <highlandcoo20@...> wrote:
> Fear of butterflies and moths is not that unusual I
> don't think... I
> lived with TWO people last year who would scream
> murder if they saw
> them... one of them fainted!!!
> You are not alone... :)
>
> --- In unusualphobias@yahoogroups.com,
> "eagerman2002"
> <eagerman2002@y...> wrote:
> > Hello:
> >
> > I just found out yesterday that I wasn't alone!
> Today I found
> this
> > group. It is reassuring and a little bit spooky
> that someone else
> > has this phobia.
> >
> > I am very afraid of butterflies and moths. This
> stems back to a
> > childhood experience I had with two very large
> cecropia moths.
> >
> >
> > As a young person I had several experiences where
> butterflies
> > actually chased me. That may sound strange, but
> when you run
> forty
> > or fifty yards flat out and turn around to see the
> butterfly you
> were
> > running from, RIGHT IN YOUR face...!
> >
> > Remarkably enough, the guy I found on the net last
> night had also
> > been chased as a child.
> >
> > Now for the fanciful speculation....I think that
> there are some
> shapes
> > that some humans have an innate fear response to,
> when they
> encounter
> > it.
> >
> > The shape and design of butterfly wings in
> combination with what
> are
> > often, remarkable colors I think might beone of
> those. I can
> thinkof
> > a few others. Any one have any thoughts on this?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In unusualphobias@yahoogroups.com, "Emily
> Glowacki"
> > <dimethyl_mercury@s...> wrote:
> > > Message: 6
> > > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:11:03 -0000
> > > From: "m_hare2000" <harem@l...>
> > > Subject: Hello
> > >
> > > I think the phobia I have been associated with
> is really unusual
> > > and
> > > so far I havn't been able to find any
> information on it.
> Actually
> > > I
> > > don't have this phobia myself, however a close
> member of my
> family
> > > does. It is an unusually strong fear of
> butterflies. The
> common
> > > house fly dosn't cause any of the panic attacks
> and even some
> > > moths
> > > are tolerated, but she becomes extremely
> frightened if a
> butterfly
> > > evens comes close. So, does anyone have any
> information or know
> > > anyone who has this same phobia?
> > >
>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > Hi, I'm new here. Name's Emily, I'm in college
> in Alaska. I
> just
> > > wanted to say a couple things.
> > > One, when I was younger, I did have a phobia of
> butterflies. It
> > > was because of the way they flew, all crazy and
> jittery. I
> > > thought they were possessed. Also, it freaked
> me out (and still
> > > does) when they are sitting down and slowly
> opening and closing
> > > their wings. Yikes!
> > >
> > > But I have bigger, stronger phobias. Probably
> the strongest one
> > > is my fear of rainbows. I couldn't find the
> name of it
> anywhere,
> > > so I propose to call it "IRIDOPHOBIA." I begin
> to
> hyperventilate,
> > > and I just basically panick. I have screamed
> and cried before
> > > when the sight of a rainbow has caught me
> offguard. Worse than
> > > regular rainbows are halos. See my webpage for
> a picture I made
> > > of an actual "halo" I saw last year in about
> late March/early
> > > April:
> http://www.geocities.com/inverse_monk/me2.html
> > >
> > > Well that's all I have time for, but remind me
> later to explain
> > > how my phobia of rainbows includes the Aurora
> Borealis too!
> Hmm,
> > > maybe it isn't smart for me to live here in
> Alaska!
> > >
> > > Love, Emily
> > >
> > >
>
________________________________________________________________
> > > Get your own evilemail.com address at
> http://www.evilemail.com
>
>


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com