Is there a reason behind it?? Seems weird to be scared of something that isn’t dangerous and never had a traumatized experience with them.
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Is there a logic behind some humans being scared of bugs/insects??
From what I understand it’s a learned response. I saw people around me reacting with fear and disgust to insects as a child and now I do the same.
A lot of bugs are poisonous and the brain doesn’t know which ones, it just evolved over millions of years to know that bug = threat.
Phobias are often not rational, but just because you don’t remember the traumatic even doesn’t mean one didn’t happen. There may have been an experience which the person doesn’t actively remember, but which has still left a psychological mark— a spider falling into your mouth as a child, or seeing a parent scream and flail because of a wasp, etc.
Besides this, some bugs *are* dangerous, and we know this, but a wire gets crossed somewhere and you end up afraid of a harmless worm as well a black widow spider.
Sometimes it’s just that they overstimulate the disgust response, which exists to keep us away from harmful things, like waste material and dead/diseased organisms.
Basically, it’s the brain getting hyped in a way that is necessary to exist, but is not necessary to happen in this instance, due to some crossed wires upstairs.
Every fear (except from heights and loud noises) is learned behaviour.
There is no innate fear of insects/bugs.
Unfortunately, lots of kids see their mother’s hysterical screams and pick up the irrational fear.
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