I have been frightened of earthworms since I was tiny child. It is one of my earliest memories. It is quite irrational and an embarrassing phobia to confess to! I hate the way they move, the way they can't see, the way they twitch and writhe if disturbed.I think my heart would stand still if I had to pick one up! I am not scared of spiders, or anything else, just earthworms. I can't say I like snakes, but the fear of them is dfferent somehow to the fear I have of worms. I can't work out whether I detest the skinny little dark red ones or the great fat purple and pink ones more! Eeeeew!I refuse to garden unless I am wearing gloves, and even then I am always on the look-out. Most people laugh at this fear of mine and I often make fun of it myself, but it is very real. I wish I knew how it started!
eeek by: omg
I am so afraid of earthworms that if my husband uses them when he goes fishing, I won't touch anything he has touched with his hands without sanitizing for days! If I step on one, I throw away my shoes immediately. When I see one, I become paralyzed with fear. I cannot move and all I can do is scream. Especially if I think there is one on me. My sister threw one on me once and I had an anxiety attack. I really thought I was having a heart attack. I don't go out on rainy days because i know they will come up to the top of the ground. I don't garden for obvious reasons. I can't look at pictures of them, videos of them or even hear someone talking about them. Other than my phobia of worms, I am a completely level headed person so I just can't understand this fear. To think about overcoming this fear scares me too because I know that to overcome it, I will have to touch one of them.
worms by: gez
Hi all i cant go out unless forced when its raining... the sight of them is bad enough but i have to walk in the road because they come out of the cracks in the pavements and the thought of standing on one is horrable..... It really delilabates my life.. i find the bigger they are the worse i am. I also hate maggots but no where to the same extent...
:/ by: Anonymous
I am with you. The one day i was going to school and i couldnt even go outside until my mom got all of the worms out of the way. I dont know why but, I am deathy afraid of them. Im glad im not the only one!
Fear of the wormies! by: Stu
Hi
I have the same fear. It was bad at school (boys) where kids tried to frighten each other with them. I decided I had to overcome this fear as I need to work in the garden, so I started a program. First I wore thick gloves and picked up small ones. Then I graduated on to bigger ones (still with gloves on). Then I picked up small ones without gloves (only thumb and forefinger, not on flat of hand). Gradual process, see? I still don't like them, but can just about tolerate them now , so there has been progress. Try my method - it does work up to a point. Face your fear, don't let it dominate you
Me too by: Anonymous
I have the same fear of worms...I don't know where it came from but whenever it rains I have to force myself to not look at the ground when I'm walking outside because I have a total breakdown if I see one...
worms by: Keri
me too!!! i hate them with a passion. anything worm like, but not snakes. weird i know. it is really starting to cause problems for me. wish i could overcome this!
