ok no this was not funny

we watched this in my psychology class, and what they did was actually really fuckin cruel. this girl has a genuine phobia of cotton balls. so what do the people on this fucking show do? they bombard her with as many cotton balls as possible without warning.

she ran out of the studio fucking sobbing she was so terrified.

bunch of fuckin dickshits.

its staged

even if it is, it’s still awful. because what does this teach people? it teaches them that if a phobia seems strange to us, then it’s something to laugh and joke about. it teaches people that phobias should be treated as comedy.

whether it’s real or not, it’s still shitty.

actually this really pisses me off. the other day in art class, we were doing a mini-project revolving around bugs. people found out that i have arachnophobia (fear of spiders) and instantly started picking at me, trying to get a reaction. this really put me on edge, and eventually i started yelling about how you dont make fun of someone’s fears. their response? “Yes you do!”

When someone has a phobia, or even just a fear, DO NOT MAKE FUN OF THEM FOR IT. DO NOT TRY TO SCARE THEM. IT IS NOT FUCKING FUNNY, AND COULD SEVERELY HURT THEM.

when i was in junior high- we went to a museum that had a biodome and i am terrified of butterflies

now i never really told anyone about it except a few close friends.  we split into groups and one of my friends thought it would be funny to lead me through a path that lead TO A ROOM OPEN FULL OF BUTTERFLIES

you know those rooms where they are flying everywhere? landing on you and surrounding you?

i started screaming and running to the exit- but it was a walk through maze type of thing and i broke down and sat on the floor crying and started having a panic attack

its not funny

NOT FUNNY to do this to people alright

it took a hour for someone to calm me down enough to get me out of the room  because i didnt want to move as i would literally be touching a butterfly 

when people say ‘wow your fear is silly you should get over it this way’ stop

maybe the fear is silly to you but think of what it would be like if you are the one facing your fear and maybe youll change your mind

‘afraid of heights? oh let me just throw you off this building’

thats exactly the same as making someone face a fear you think is stupid

i have a fear of spiders and once some boy got one on the end of a stick and chased me with it and put it on me to see what I would do.
I vomited. After crying and screaming because I was so scared.
Next day when i sore him at school (I was sent home of course before) I picked up a stick and went over to him. He was laughing as soon as he sore me.
I hit him in the face and continued whipping him till an adult came and took me away. I remember he was bleeding and that his eye was black for a while.

Bitch never did shit to me again. He avoided me like mad. He did not even look at me. He was afraid of me from then on. but you know what? I didnt fucking rub it in his face, or chase him, or any of that shit. I just happily avoided him too after i got my revenge. :/

I have no moral or anything I just wanted to tell people about the time I beat a boy with a stick.