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Originally Posted by Scribble
I've started becoming really scared of mosquitoes recently, though I'm not sure if it's a phobia or not. I wasn't too bad last night with two in the house but usually I just cannot be in the same room as a mosquito and I can't put my mind at rest until it's either dead or I know it's gone from the house. I often get quite paranoid about it at night to the point where I can't sleep for fear that there is mosquito in my room. I also keep thinking that I hear the sound they make when there's nothing there.
There was one time a while ago where I seriously thought a mosquito was trying to land on my ear (ie. really loud buzzing) even though I don't think there was anything there. I practically jumped off the bed and ran out of the room and actually found it really hard to breath. I've had a panic attack before and it really felt like I was on the brink of one then!
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I totally sympathise. There's a lot of insects around this year especially the Craneflies (daddy long-legs) that are totally harmless but do make angry little noises when then get stuck behind things.
Does like you're getting a bit phobic there and you'd best find a way of dealing with it before you get more panic attacks, which are deeply unpleasant to experience. It's not a rational thing so it won't help to tell you that dangerous Mosquitos are very rare in Britain. You may get bitten by gnats or horseflies but your body's immune system can easily deal with their little toxins.
There are ways to overcome any phobia with help but specifically with your mosquito thing you could find out a lot about these tiny pests to convince your brain that you're actually way more powerful than them or get some allies to reassure you like a carnivourous plant that eats bugs (like a venus fly-trap or a sundew) or even cultivate the friendship of spiders.
When I was a kid I was scared of spiders, that old thing of imagining them crawling over your face when you sleep. One night it actually happened and it was a bit of anticlimax after all that worry, it just crawled off without causing me any harm or discomfort whatsoever. Since then i've always welcomed them in my home and helped them out the bath so they can continue the good fight against those annoying buzzing flying jerks.