Looking for Genuine Advice: Trying to not work on my fear of wasps
So I’m looking for help on getting over my fear of wasps. I work outside now on a golf course deal with them on a daily basis and I can’t be hopping around every single time a wasp comes near me.
I’ve been certainly getting better if you look at my past posts, I clearly do not hate wasps at all. I always love to admire them and taking in their beauty when I get the chance to, but as soon as they’re flying around me unpredictably, I always get terrified. My mom was absolutely petrified of wasps growing up, so I know that that definitely plays into my psyche when it comes to wasps. But it’s always hard to know whether or not a wasp is upset. I know usually wasps will not mess with you if you don’t mess with them, but it’s always hard to know whether or not I already pissed the wasp off that’s around me from doing the landscaping I do.
Unfortunately, I cannot read the wasps mind that is flying around me and the wasp can’t read my mind to know that I don’t wanna hurt it.
One last thing I wanna mention is that I have never been stung before and I do fear that I could be allergic to wasp stings and I just don’t know if due to not have previously being stung. So I know the first time I get stung. It’s going to be a little scary. Is there any tips when it comes to getting stung and dealing with that? I know it’s not the worst thing to deal with in the world but when you have an experience to get before it can be a little scary and I tend to be a little bit of a hypochondriac. My body recently has been reacting more severely to three nuts than it ever has so I’ve been having to keep a closer eye on my allergies and what I’ve been allergic to so that plays a part in it as well. I truly appreciate anyone who responds to this post. I know it’s a bit of a read and kind of sucks lol but I do genuinely just want to be able to do my job without freaking out every time there’s a wasp near me flying around the cart. I’m on or the bushes I’m working underneath. It’s gonna be a long summer if I can’t get over this I used to be terrified of spiders and absolutely love them now and have my own tarantulas and pick up spiders. Any chance I get but wasps are low but scarier and have a lot more antigravity methods of getting around so it can be a little bit harder to keep track of one when you’re interacting with it. Spiders are easier considering they stay to the ground or jump around at most