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Please help me find a philosophy/spirituality/etc. | by oot | 2014-02-08 16:33:27 |
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A Buddhist friend taught me that it's not static.. | by firehawk | 2014-02-08 17:35:42 |
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I keep feeling drawn back, but | by oot | 2014-02-08 18:07:42 |
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A wasp is caught as easily as killed. | by tonyz | 2014-02-08 18:48:02 |
| I catch-and-release flies and beetles |
by oot |
2014-02-08 19:19:17 |
Wasps/bees my heart rate goes to about 200, I stand about 6 feet away physically shaking and blast them with wasp spray until they fall to the ground, then get them with a shoe.
Even if the stingy/bitey insect is quite visibly dead at that point, the shoe will often end up tied in a plastic bag in the freezer for a couple days "just to be sure" before I finally feel safe cleaning the dead bug off of it.
I'm fully aware that this behavior isn't rational, but at the same time it is not something I have much control over -- just making myself get close enough to a wasp to catch it would be like trying to put my hand on a hot stove and hold it there, the phobia is that strong...
I used to be able to make myself catch spiders (they don't fly, making them somewhat less terrifying) but when I found out that releasing a house spider outside was just sentencing it to a slow death, I started squishing them too.
I wish I was a good enough person to overcome the phobia and catch wasps, and to willingly share my living space with house spiders, but I don't think I am. |
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PS. I know there's treatments available | by oot | 2014-02-08 19:29:25 |
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I have a big plastic pretzel container... | by tonyz | 2014-02-08 20:41:18 |
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And I just reach out and pick the critter up, | by wwill | 2014-02-08 21:21:37 |
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Please look over your last statement. It is wrong | by tonyz | 2014-02-08 20:00:47 |
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What he said. (n/t) | by firehawk | 2014-02-08 20:05:36 |
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Thank you. Thank you very much. *HUGS* (n/t) | by oot | 2014-02-08 20:11:23 |
