Do I really have Katsaridaphobia? For those of you how are wondering what that is...its the fear of cockroaches! According to my sources ( the internet of course) people suffering from Katsaridaphobia feel tense and scared of the insect though they know it can potentially do no harm. This is true in my case. But it also says that these people shut all doors and windows and spray insecticides everywhere to prevent the insect from reaching their house hold. I definitely don't do either of this. Maybe because my mom takes care of all that. They say that one of the causes of katsaridaphobia can be a traumatizing incident in the past. Well when I was a kid I loved playing underneath an ironing table. Once I played under there for so long that I fell asleep there. When I woke up, I vividly remember a cockroach right on my chest, almost as though staring at me. To sum to all up, grave fear-check, traumatizing incident-check, uncanny OCD-isd behavior-check (by mom) So what? DO I have Katsaridaphobia? ...
P.S : you should check out all the other phobias people have. The funniest I found was Coprophobia-fear of feces! How can someone be scared of their own 'shit' :P
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