Is it normal to be extremely scared of flies?

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My friend used to live in Ethiopia when she was younger. She said she's seen dead bodies with their arms ripped off covered in flies. But she lives in the USA now on the east coast. Everytime there is a fly she FREAKS out. One time a fly touched her shoe, she then washed her hands 106 times and threw away her shoes. If there's a fly anywhere relatively near her food, she'll stop eating because "a fly couldve touched that". I try to tell her that flies aren't the same here as they are in africa, but she doesn't believe me. IIN?

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  • Who_Fan4Life
    13 years ago

    Just another bush monkey.

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  • animalcracker
    13 years ago

    UGHHH i hate flies too. Fucking motherfuckers i wish i could wipe all of them off the world. There useless

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    im african we have horse flies i think the reason shes scared of flies is because of bloomin horse flies they bite and it hurts like hell!

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  • zchristian
    13 years ago

    im not scared of flies or other bugs flies are just annoying

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  • Junk-Food-Night
    13 years ago

    You tried to tell her that flies in the US are different from the flies in Africa.. Hmm, I wonder if there is any African American flies.

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  • boopgirl09
    13 years ago

    I'm not afraid of flies, but they really creep me out and disgust me. When a fly comes into the apartment, I literally chase it down till I kill it with some raid. They just disgust me because they have so many germs and the way they rub their little legs together when they land somewhere is just creepy. I'm scard they are going to land on me while I'm sleeping and lay a maggot on my skin and then it will start eating me from the inside.

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  • Poomplex
    13 years ago

    I used to be petrified of flies, im ok with them now they just irritate me but im still really realllllllly scared of bees :|

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  • InfectedSunshine
    13 years ago

    i'm afraid of all bugs... even butterflies scare the crap out of me. so yeah, i'd say this is pretty normal, especially if she's serious about the dead bodies and stuff.

    don't nag her about it. she can't help what she's afraid of...

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  • kneegnaw
    13 years ago

    Flies are really dirty! But theres a low chance that a single fly would be able to harm someone severely.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    She needs to get counselling because it's obvious seeing what she saw has had a real and powerful effect on her.

    I hope she gets the help to ease her trauma and fears.

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  • runnergirl
    13 years ago

    Should say "she's" feeling, not "ages". Darn auto-spell checker! ;)

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  • runnergirl
    13 years ago

    Your friend has clearly been through some intense trauma and seems to be experiencing some sort of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) that is triggered by the flies. Just telling her that she's not in danger isn't going to work. She needs patience, understanding and possibly counseling. Try to relax about calming her down and instead let her share what ages feeling without judging or minimizing her fears.

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