I'm a 24 year old male who is scared of 1 little mouse.

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Tonight my mother says that she may have seen a mouse in our house and she was right. So my Dad who is in his early 50's went into the living room to find it. Did I pluck up the courage to help him? No. Instead I was in the dining room with my mother and she kept getting hysterical when she saw it running around though I didn't see it. We finally got rid of it, though we had to double check. I was liturately closing my eyes when we lifted up the sofas. I was also shaking a little bit and I still kinda am a little. I never felt more ashamed and embarrised about myself in my whole damn life. I liturately felt like a woman. I feel like the mouse is crawling on me. I never really ever had any experience before in my life with mice. I think I may have seen real one in real life at the zoo when I was a kid. I hope people don't think less of me, but if I ever get married and have kids someday and there is a mouse in our house then I may feel like such a loser in front of my possible wife and kids.

Eh... I would not fret it. I am afraid of bees and will run, screaming, into another room and shut off the part of the house with the bee in it. My husband is just like that about spiders. He and I have an arrangement... he gets the bees, I get the spiders. Our kids do not think anything bad of us for it. They have things that frighten them as well... like one was very afraid of the dark for awhile... another is afraid of dogs. Everyone has something that causes them upset and families should be understanding of that.

dossa says

tb86, your reaction is quite normal don't worry.

I shared a large house and we had mice, quite a few of them and no one else in the house seemed to be bothered. They would appear at the bottom of the stairs as you walked down, or appear in the food cupboard which you opened for a teabag, or scamper across the hallway when you opened the front door.

I used to go to bed only after checking my room was clear and after placing huge books at the foot of the door to prevent them getting in. Then I called Rentokill as it was a big problem that had to be sorted out.
I have seen 6ft tall men on chairs petrified so it doesn't matter having the odd scream.

I am not sure that I am afraid of mice, or rats. But I do not care for them one little bit. Ironically, we have a few snakes as family members and they require meals consisting of mice or rats. Fortunately, I get the privilege of handling the snakes, and my better half handles the rodents (to prevent them from confusing her hands for dinner via smell).

I am certain, however, that I am afraid of spiders...and caterpillars. I avoid them like the plague. I am a bit older than twenty-four and shameless in my fears.

I'm scared of those little green worms that you find in the odd pea. One time when I was 12, I was helping my mum shell the peas from our garden, a little green worm slithered out of the pea that was in my hand. I jumped up and screamed.

I jumped out a moving car once because of a bee.

Ohhh my friend I have a funny story to tell you then

I dated a guy who came from a redneck family. One day I came in the house and noticed bullet holes all over the house. I asked what happened here, WWIII??
So my boyfriend at the time told me what happened:
His mom saw a mouse, so she jumped on top of the table screaming like a banche, and J her husband, was drunk off his @ss and hated to see his dear wife in such distress. So what does he do??? he grabs the pistol and started trailing the mouse around the house with bullets. The mouse always stayed one inch ahead of the bullets. Of course his wife, was utterly hysterical at this time because bullets were flying everywhere and the mouse was darting everywhere else. Eventualy, the mouse won... J ran out of ammo.

So I hope that cheers u up...it could always be worse. True story too, you cant make this stuff up,

Jojo

glad you liked it....he was an inspiration for laughing so hard I almost pee my pants

Here is another one of his stories that is too funny to possibly make up

J and J jr (boyfriend at the time) went fishing on a hot summer day. And like all J and J jr stories, they were drunk, but this time in a little metal jon boat. Well J jr caught himself what he thinks is a big fish cause it fought like hell. Well he slings it into the boat only to discover that it was not a fish at all, but a water snake, cotton mouth to be exact, so what do the dynamic duo do??? After dancing around like tap dancing bears, J grabs his gun and shoots the snake untill he ran out of ammo. Only one problem....the bullets that hit the snake also went through the boat. So down goes the boat, the snake and two trigger happy drunk guys all in the water. Just so you know....they made it to shore ok...of course without a boat or tackle.

jojobean, you should start a thread of stories like this! It's made me laugh!

I am not scared of mice (thank goodness because I work with them!), however I do understand irrational fears because I am absolutely terrified of crane flies and moths! There's no reason for it whatsoever, I just happen to see one and I scream and run away like a little girl!

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I have HFA, ADHD, OCD & Tourette syndrome. I love animals, especially my bunnies and hamster. I skate in a roller derby team (but I'll try not to bite )

You need never feel ashamed of being afraid of mice. When my husband or one of my kids sees a spider or mouse, it's me who deals with it: I am now somewhat of an expert on the trapping and liberating of unwanted house visitors - the only one I have no success with is my Father in Law!

Years ago, I lived in a shared house. One of the occupants was a huge rugby player. When he saw a mouse in the kitchen he was up on top of the table in a second, screaming hysterically and shaking with absolute terror. He was NT and felt no need to apologize for or justify his fear.

We nearly all have one or more irrational phobias/fears. Show me a maggot or slug and you will find out exactly how fast a middle aged woman can run.

I'm scared of butterflies.

I think mice (and bats) are incredibly cute, but I do have a strong aversion to the wild ones because of the diseases they spread. I would never go near one.

OMFG

Mice don't bother me. It's their droppings that upset me more.