(Note: do NOT read any further if you have a roach phobia. Do read how to overcome your fear of cockroaches)
What caused Gracie's phobia?
Cockroaches seem to have a vendetta against me. They have terrorized me since I was a kid. Into my teens, these horrible creatures upped their game and their targeted attacks grew worse, culminating in a terrifying epic showdown in my early adulthood where I emerged (somewhat) victorious.
I'll start with my earliest memory of roach terrorization. I was a wee girl. The scene: in the kitchen, watching Ma make dinner while munching on an apple. The Terror: I glanced at my apple right before taking another bite, and saw a huge cockroach perched on the apple. Its antennae jerked back and forth. It was looking right at me. I was too horrified to scream. I don't remember what happened after that. I think I was too traumatized...
I had waist-length hair as a teenager. We lived with my Popo and Kung Kung - us three kids (more now) situated in a room next to the kitchen. So I was sleeping in a mattress on the floor, my hair spread out over the pillow. In my sleep (I am a light sleeper), I felt something rustle in my hair. Immediately guessing (to my horror) what it was, I started grabbing at my hair. I felt something leathery, a little squishy, and large, and I knew it was a cockroach. I grabbed it, ripping out some of my hair with it, and flung it blindly across the corner of the room, while simultaneously leaping up and flipping the light switch. I lost sight of the roach! I spent the rest of the night lying in terror on my mattress thinking of it crawling around the room awaiting its revenge...
I'll post my next two worse experiences next time. This is all I can handle for now hehe. Have you been terrorized by a cockroach? What's your worst cockroach nightmare? I'd love to hear your story!
xo Gracie
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I BACKPACKED THROUGH MEXICO ON MANY OCCASIONS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. SOMETIMES I WOULD RENT A CHEAP ROOM FOR THE NIGHT. ON ONE SUCH OCCASION, I UNLOADED MY HEAVY BACKPACK AND PREPARED FOR A MUCH NEEDED GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP! I HAD HIKED NEARLY 15 MILES THAT DAY IN THE HOT SUN LOOKING AT MAYAN PYRAMIDS! lIGHTS OUT, I WAS DRIFTING OFF TO SLEEP WHEN I HEARD A SCRATCHING NOISE!I PULLED THE CHAIN ON THE LAMP BY THE BED AND TO MY HORROR, THE THIN BLANKET COVERING ME WAS COVERED WITH COCKROACHES! I SCREANED AND JUMPED OUT OF BED AS BUGS BY THE HUNDREDS SCRAMBLED FOR COVER! I SPENT THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN THE HALLWAY PROPPED AGAINST MY BACKPACK!
ReplyDeleteOh. My. God. that surely takes the cake as the best (or worst, depending on how you look at it) roach horror story ever. Definitely hard to beat. Yikes...
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