Phobia Guru explains Fear Of Birds - Ornithophobia
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2019
- Do you have a Fear Of Birds also known as Ornithophobia? Many have a fear of birds like pigeons, seagulls, birds of prey or sometimes dead birds. This fear affects people negatively but can be eliminated quickly as explained by Phobia Guru Adam Cox.
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I have Ornithophobia and people often make fun of it!!!
Thank you for this video!!
Me to broo. Exactly the same
When I was in 10th grade my friends always play with me test of courage placing my lunch box inside the cage of chickens in butcher shop and Watch what I do from a distance hiding...I would simply ask the owner to take it out for me. Where they will place it again and ask him not to get back for me as I can't get out of my fear if he did that 😂😂
Me too
Yup people who don't suffer from it won't understand
Glad you found it useful.
I can't even look at a picture of a normal bird without crying.
Mha fan: *can’t look at images of birds*
Tokoyami and Hawks:
Me too
BRO ONG SAME WHATATA
@@cremeboba1233 look at my profile 😫
Same here.
I don’t have ornithophobia but it’s so appreciated that you didn’t include images or videos of birds. Sometimes when I google my phobia I get images of my phobia and I can’t look into any further.
I have it. Who can even look in the eye of the owl and not fear it? Its like sooooo so sooooo scary
I know! I've seen videos of people petting them and it makes me cringe. Barn owls are the worst!
I'm scared of birds too. I always feel like they would bit me with their beaks. I really fear their eyes too. Their eyes seems to be in angry mood. And when they flaps their wings then it scares me a lot.
Same mere sath bhi yahi problem h
The wing flapping is the WORST part
SAME I HATE IT WHEN I LOOK AT THERE EYES AND IM ALSO SCARED THEAT THEY WILL BITE ME I ALSO HAVE ONITHOPHOBIA
I’ve been scared of birds for my entire life, it didn’t start with a “traumatic experience” and no one else in my family has it.
Also I didn’t know it affects 5% of the population, that’s way more than I thought
New York City was absolutely fucked for me lol so many pigeons.
Also I’m scared of all birds, live or dead, but some do scare me more than others (pigeons, pelicans, seagulls)
I've overcome my pigeon fear but seagulls and pelicans scary!
Same I don't like they are monsters..eww their wings their beak 😭😭
Same
Bro I live in nyc, and I hate it here bro. All those swarms of pigeons 😖. I’m deadly scared of any type of animals, but chicken, and pigeons, I HATE. And dogs too, also those stupid seagulls.
@暁アブラハム yes? 😭
I’m scared of all types of birds dead or alive 💔
Same
Me too
welcome to my stage
Same here
Me too
i've had this phobia ever since i was a kid and i've no clue how it started. it's so extreme i also have a phobia of feathers
For me it’s the bird it self there’s something about them there beaks combined with the flapping and the movement. my biggest fear is being alone with birds surrounding me I will drop to the ground and cry even if so I’ll breathe heavily when I’m walking near birds with my parents (I’m 13) I’ve had it for a long time one time a bird got into my house and I passed out on the floor
@@Ratman.p my nightmare
My phobia started from a chicken attack
Hello i was born in cuba and when i was 4 i can still remember one encounter {my oldest memory) when i was visiting a family member that hat chickens in garden.
So i was outside chasing the little chickes, when their mother suddenly startet to chase me and attacking me. I ven when i got inside the house she startet to come inside.
Man i have ornitophobia since then 😂
But over the years it will get better.
Im 30 living in Cologne Germany, vrry big old german town, lots lots of pidgins.
It will getter so more you accept thr fact that it is an "irrational fear",. Pidgins cant harm nobody its a fact 😁
But well bigger birds, are still a big problem for me.
Mine started with a pigeon attack 🤡
I dont know how my phobia started lol
Same lol
Same!
Birds scare me only when they are flapping their wings
Yeah it's really scary
Same, and my family makes fun of me :(
Why? I don’t understand that. Is it the sound? Just because it’s fast? Are you afraid of helicopters and butterflies? Like, it might seem like I’m joking here, but like, actually tell me why.
Same here. When I hear that sound I feel like they're going to attack me, especially when larger birds do it.
Whenever it’s flying thru my window I’m so scared and I just get anxiety that it’s gonna come at my face
I have a phobia of pigeons and people laugh at me. I always get “Oh why are you scared of piegeons? They’re not even scary”
Can you explain? Why? I think pigeons are beautiful and their sounds are very calming.
@@chewy99. they’re really the scum of the earth, disease ridden, get way too close, make horrible noises, the uncomfortable wing flapping, they always turn up dead everywhere and are just terrible
That’s the exact same for me
I used think that everyone hates pigeons.. but this one time we went to a zoo and there was a section where you can feed few colourful parrots and they sit on your hand ! That's when I realised that I have fear of birds . 🤦🏻♀️
Very few birds leave me without an anxiety striking feeling, however, to this day I can't even look up pictures of most birds (Especially Pigeons) let alone hold a budgie or parrot, without getting this unexplainable wave terror...
Omg the pigeons is my fear
I have this, I just remember being young around 3/4 years old and my cousin picked up a pigeon with no legs and it was flapping it’s wings, from then I developed a phobia of birds. 20 years later I still have the phobia.
When I was 15 I was sitting on the park bench with my friends after school and they started feeding the pigeons, I got up to leave but a swarm of pigeons started flying at me the moment I stood up and I literally had a panic attack and passed out.
But it’s weird because I’m not scared of all birds my phobia only kicks in when it comes to the birds you see on the street pigeons, seagulls etc. like I will happy feed the ducks, Swans and geese but let a pigeon or seagull come within a metre of me, you’d think it was trying to murder me.
Whenever I hear or am around birds I get shivers. I also get really clingy if anyone is around me. My friends make fun of me for this and it gets annoying
I feel your pain my guy
I can't go downtown in my city cause it's full of pigeons and they love humans so they just walk up to u or fly past your ear like your family
my friends do the exact same, when I cling onto them they push me away and laugh at me, they say I embarress them and to go away if I don't want to be around birds. But when a pigeon lands on the ground near me and I go away for a bit they yell at me to not go away. It's so hard and I completely understand what you're going trough.
things that have triggered me (and not recovered) :
.I fainted when school surprised us with a field trip to the bird sanctuary. I literally could not see floor because there were birds everywhere
. When I was put in a small bird museum room full of uncased real stuffed birds
. When a bird landed on me
. A chicken at a berry farm
. A feather duster
. My friend’s house full of birds
. When someone put bird seed in my hand
.When an army of birds chased me at the bird sanctuary
. WHEN MY PARENTS MOVED US TO A CITY FULL OF BIRDS EVERYWHERE
I have it. When I was a kid, I was attacked by a bird three times, the would land on my head and rip my hair out
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@amanrs8792 STHU
i have it and im scared of all types just bc I think they'll ram into me by accident and poke my eyes and head w their beak
I think the same
@@daynahd7473 me too
I have this fear only for Ducks and Geese, and it sucks cause every time I go fishing they’re everywhere. And my father wouldn’t try to understand my fear, he’d just yell at me for being a “baby”.
Yeah same!!! In New Zealand, ducks are everywhere. Imagine the horror! And my family make fun of me bc of this. One time i was really mad i cried from much fear. Im specifically afraid on birds that walk like ducks, goose, chicks. Even pictures of them
I cant look!!!
You are right on mate. Those flapping wings damn. But it is mild discomfort. Sometimes i need to hold my neck at the sight of feathery wings flapping
That is so true, I love watching birds from the TV or Monitor, or even drawing them from pictures, but canno get close to them.
Strangely I have no phobia of raptors, like hawks or eagles, I even took pics with an eagle perched on my arm once.
I dont know why smaller and less threatening birds like Pigeons, Seagulls, or Sparrows and even Chickens give me the heebie jeebies
Same! I also had a photo of me holding a parrot but just thinking of swans, chickens, ducks... it gives me goosebumps. I dont want to picture them in my mind or see a photo of them ever 😭
Arshan Same, I’ve had birds of prey on my arm and stuff like that but things like pigeons make me really uncomfortable
@@tmccz1940 im also afraid of pigeons i need help to kill the fear
That's the same with my fear of spiders, though my bird fear I'm scared of them all. Like them all. Luckily it's only in person I'm scared, when it's a photo I can survive.
Their eyes, their beady eyes
It all started at 8 when I was in my bathroom of a sudden a bird came into my bathroom that bird's flap scared me 😨😨 and I'm 16 now still afraid of them
While watching this a pigeon just flapped its wings, I had a mild panic attack😢🤣
Is my fear
same
I’m scared of almost every creature that flies
Fully matches with my case.I am so afraid of pigeon.It all started when I was a child and my dad brought a pigeon close to my face.JUST SCARED RATHER HAVE HATRED TOWARD BIRDS...
I have ornithophobia, started when I was young when my grandpa passed away and I was hiding behind a tree from my sister and an owl was beside me on a branch and flew away. Gradually got worse starting with owls and now I'm scared of pigeons, magpies were an issue as I wear alot of shine 🤯 and I am scared of budgies and other little birds but I'm never been scared of larger bird of prey. Pigeons are disgusting because they just don't know what they're doing so dumb and that's scary. But I've come along way with EMDR after only 2 or 3 sessions. I quit going to therapy as there was too many birds at that office. And 'tapping' made me look just as crazy. Something I was trying to avoid And not support😅
For me, anything small like a chickadee is okay. I can deal with that. Anything raven size or bigger, hard no. However, dead birds of all sizes freak me out and illicit any sort of instant reaction from me.... mostly involving swearing in any capacity.
Glad to know I'm not the only one.
My phobia started when I was 3 and I saw my dad get attacked by geese protecting their ducklings
I had it until the age of 14 when I was in forced to deal with it in a public place with other friends, I did not want anybody else to notice my phobia. And it worked, it was my first time ever to chase and hold a Bird. It is the same feeling when you play chase and catch with your cat. Your cat will resist and fight back by rolling and jumping around you but birds flap instead. Actually the Bird is more scared than you. They see us bigger and stronger and we truly are (unless you facing a flying Dragon :p). So that was my experience with this phobia and it has been eliminated.
My bird phobia is Starlings, crows, ravens, robins,… people laugh at me and make fun of me, and they look at me like I’m crazy… the flapping of the wings absolute have freaked me out since I was a child. your basic out door bird. Nothing will help me over come it. It’s the wings, and the flapping any where near me will make me Jump out of my skin. I was born with it. Ever since I was a child I was mortified by dead bird… I will still jump and freak out if I’m walking in my yard, and discover a dead bird. People say the stupidest things.. “oh you had a traumatic experience as a child with a bird that’s why “. Or “ ohh you watched the birds as a child and it scared you.” No… nothing like that happened. I remember as young as three, seeing a dead bird, and i flipped out. It’s just as intense now as it was as a child as young as 3. I went dove hunting one time, and refused to pick up the doves I shot… after my hunting partner called me every name in the book, I picked them up by the tip of their wing with the tip of my finger and held it far away and turned my head and tossed them in the basket. After picking up 12 dead doves that day, it did nothing to cure it. I had birds in my attic and you could hear their claws walking around… and I had to have them removed. A black starling got into my house from the attic going down the vent in the bathroom, and I woke up and heard flapping. To my horror their sat a starling black bird perched on the bathtub faucet. I shut the bathroom door, and jumped out of my skin, and went next door and paid the neighbors 17 year old son $25 to go into my house and get it out, while I stayed outside and my neighbors laughed at the drama unfolding… yep… I’m not ashamed, it’s just how it is. You couldn’t fix me cause, I will never ever let you bring a nasty black bird near me. I will never ever address it, cause I won’t get near it… I stepped on a dead Robin this summer getting out of my car, and as a 49 year old man, I yelled, and jumped around in the front yard of my mothers house, as if to shake off the disgust I had just encountered while the neighbors watched my hysterical behavior. I was at the airport In Cincinnati international Airport, during the peak of Covid. It was 5:30 am and no one was in the sitting area for Allegiant accept me and a woman. There was a small sparrow that was flying around, and this little bugger flys right over towards me. And lands on the back of seat across from me, 7 feet away, then hops down on the floor and started to to hop right right towards me..as if I was going to feed it… I was thinking, “ how did this bird get in here?” I was like, “ please don’t come to me?” It was looking at me and hopped closer and closer and then it got with in three feet, and I jumped up out of my seat in full blown panic and yelled and clapped my hands “GET OUT OF HERE BIRD”. That woman who was watching the bird too, looked at me like “what the hell is your problem.” I smiled at her and said “ I know you don’t understand, but have a bird phobia… if you hate snakes, mice, or rats, or bugs, it’s the same thing.
However, Chickens, Ducks, Geese, owls, eagles Do not bother me.
100% me😢
I had to pick up a dead bird with a bag over my hand almost like the way you pick up dog poo when I was about 7yrs old. Seemed like nothing to my busy mum who was getting a newborn and 1ur old ready for my school run… little did she know how much it would make me suffer after that and now I’m in my mid 30s. Thank you for explaining this too me and confirming
Dead birds scare me the most. I dont fear that birds could hurt me but they disgust me. I like watching birds from a distance. Also raptors like eagles or hawks don't bother me. It's smaller birds for the most part and parots that bother me. Its wild, I've never understood it!
Most of my family laughs at me when I scream/cry when I see a bird. And I hate where I live because there are so many birds. But hey at least I'm not scared of dead birds.
I was attacked by a rooster when I was 4 and I am terrified of birds, I think they know it too because over the years I've been attacked or swooped at several times.
I don't trust them at all. There is a live bird in my chimney flew right now and I'm in tears waiting for my husband to get home and get it out.
I want to be brave enough to slaughter pluck and cook a bird
I've had it since I was five (I think) from a time I was feeding ducks and a goose wanted the bread more than the ducks. Ever since I've been scared of birds, chickens, ravens, pigeons, birds of prey like falcons too.
My phobia started from chicken attach , but , I am most fear of pigeons. Ther too scary.
I am very afraid of Turkeys to the point where I can't even look at pictures of them. Looking at them make me shiver and I don't wanna be touched by anyone because I imagine these big birgs being around me pecking my neck and ripping pieces of flesh out my neck. I know it is ridiculous because they y aren't lethal At ALL. Still I can't seem to get easy around them. Anyone else have a particular fear of turkeys?
I can’t let them on my shoulder but I’ll be fine around them one bird bit a hole in my ear
Got my fear from a flock of seagulls marching towards me when I was around 8 or something all because my dad thought it would be funny to feed them and was directly behind me. Scared me for life. I have gotten better, 33 now, but I am still afraid of seagulls or their direct cousins.
I haven’t encountered a traumatic experience with birds and I’m absolutely fine when visiting the zoo or pet stores since the birds are in cages. My fear comes from my overthinking that I’m not in control around them… they can fly and attack at any moment.
I think I remember getting chased by a crow when I was a child & that’s what caused my phobia
I literally almost pass out whenever a pigeon is near me
Exactly like me!
I’m glad I’m not the only one
I have this and it’s the worst
I had a nightmare of ravens ripping my flesh and guts apart. Since that, i am very afraid of ravens.
to be fair they are scary looking birds.
My phobia started when my bully smash the dead bird body into pieces and try to tease those body part onto my face...now my phobia become worst whenever i heard a bird sound i panic or have anxiety but i still like to see photo or video of cute birds
I am watching this to try better understand my partners fear of my parrot, and why this fear is so common, as to me I love birds and avians and find the fear utterly fascinating as how can one be worried of a bird? But alas I see this is very real and I need to treat my situation with a bit more sensitivity. Very interesting. I wonder how one can desensitise? As my partner now instills the fear within anyone whom meets my parrot causing interactions with my bird and people to be socially awkward and tense, rather than relaxing and peaceful as it is meant to be. Thanks for this video really helped better my perspective.
Pigeon feathers scare me
I'm glad you didn't put a photo of birds in your video
@@Aditi-tg8jn same hahaha😂
The only birds I like are Angry Birds. 😅
i got this fear due to my aunt throwing french fries in the car i was in in a parking lot, so a LOTT of seagulls came in and that traumatized me.. i live in a costal area so seagulls are everywhere unfortunately, i haven’t been to the beach in years because of it, and i don’t even go inside walmart anymore
I can see why that would have been a sensitising event for a phobia.
I started fearing chickens when in second grade when a chicken bit my best friend, then later in the school year we had to go to the school farm and
learn about chickens and no one let me sit away from the chickens despite my fear, that class became my least favorite
Any bird alive or dead I'm afraid. im also scared of chickens but I'm not scared of them when they are plucked
Yup when I was 6 I got attacked by some Swan's I only fear rooster swan and goose's other bird's no problem
I’ve always had a fear of birds. I had to stop and think about it. When I was about 5, I remember my mom and I hiding under a big beach towel cuz a bunch of a seagulls were trying to shit on us. Then when I was like 12, my dog would run away to the farm up the road and bring me back headless chickens.
I wanna get over my fear.
my fear of birds never started from a traumatic experience, it’s just always been a thing, it’s even worse because my younger brother has a small bird as a pet and every time i want to enter the basement (his room) i have to ask if the bird is out of the cage first before going down or else the bird will start flying to me….. the worse thing ever
I know this video was posted a long time ago, but I do feel like I may have this type of phobia. I have a huge fear of parrots and pigeons. I know they’re harmless but I do have a fear of them, particularly due to the noise they make and the flapping of the wings, as well as the looks of them. Even looking at them from a distance frightens me a lot. I do recall fearing parrots and pigeons since I was so young. Can’t remember exactly when but yeah.
I’ve had this phobia all my life and have no idea how it started. I’m far more terrified of smaller birds as they fly up near my head and the thought of a bird being near my face terrifies me, but I also don’t like pigeons or magpies. I don’t mind chickens or ducks (that is I can be in close proximity with them but you’ll never find me purposely touching one) and I absolutely adore ducklings and chicks.
It drives me mental around my friends cause they think it’s something to have a laugh about and they love to try and lure birds near me with bread crumbs, or they just get mad and tell me to get over it. I wish other people could understand the terror I experience around birds just so they’ll stop being so insensitive about it.
I've always been afraid for birds I really don't know where it started. When I was younger I use to be afraid of feathers despite the facts that most of my family members enjoyed badminton, (ik it's not real feathers) but I would always start crying forcing them to not play when they were around me. I am no longer afraid of feathers but birds are a constant worry for me. I sometime get bullied for it and it makes me feel helpless. Whenever a bird is in 5 metres to me j start bursting into tears and paralyzed unable to move.
I've usually been fine if they are far away but if I see them near me or fly towards me I freak out. Last week there was a peigon in the workplace and somebody decided to chase me with it and I never freaked out as much as i did then
With the exception of a couple species, I can't stand being around birds at all. It's scary how they hop around like dinosaurs and the way they move their heads(especially owls), I hate the sound of them squawking and flapping their wings, and they have creepy eyes, plus they bite. Oddly enough, bats don't bother me a bit.
I can’t be around big birds without shaking and freezing such as vultures or seagulls
I have the fear of birds and my parents got us budgies and I am afraid to stick my hand into the cage to feed my birds. what do I do?
I thought I am the only one😔 I am 25. ppl always make fun of me or think that I am acting. I have this phobia since childhood and always afraid of searching these things in internet coz the images show up once u search will instantly bring anxiety to me. thank you for not including any bird's picture.
My phobia started when I was a kid and my mom told the bird is gonna snatch my eyes. Even after knowing it now that it's false, I am scared of birds. I still feel panicked.
My family always makes fun of me because I'm afraid of birds!It is much worse for me cause I live in the province
I don't really think anything happened in my childhood. But i am terrified of birds. Most of my nightmares are about birds and I wake up scared from it.
When I was young 3-5 roughly I had a dream where I was attacked by a bunch of birds and I’ve been scared shitless since
I’m terrified of small birds mainly like the little brown ones , & when a bird flaps near me 😰😰😨
Ain't no way my tarantula phobia will end in one day not possible
I have this. I am scared of pidgeons and seagulls. Also I am scared of the flapping and them getting too close. The flapping of a seagull or pidgeon always terrified me as a kid. Along with this when I was a kid pidgeons nested outside my bedroom. I couldn’t sleep from them. And later on in life a seagull entered my space and flied at me. I once chased seagulls but it didn’t go away. I still can’t get close to pidgeons
I have severe ornitophobia, especially for pigeons and seagulls. During lunch break in school, we mostly sit outside but there is a time during lunch that one or more pigeons come down to look for potential food. When I see them I get up from my seat and go a bit further away. My friends are on the edge of kicking me out of the friend group because they think I just want attention. They laugh about it, say things like "look a bird right behind you" when there isn't one. They get mad at me for standing up from my seat and they put crumbs on the ground to lure the pigeons. Well some of my friends texted me saying "im sorry it was a joke, I would wanna help you overcome it" and ofc I apreciate that. Im sick of it and I want to overcome it. Any tips from others that are coping with this? Sorry for the long comment:)
This is happened to me hundreds of times The last 18 years. I have a severe phobia of pigeons. I know exactly how you feel. 💙
I get aniexty and panic from seeing large groups of birds on power lines and seeing swarms of birds
My phobia started from a pigeon hitting my in my face
I hate birbs.
Ye but they dont hate us. It is an irrational fear. Just in our heads
my phobia started when a hen attacked me flapping its wings and I fell so hard on my back and hurt my head ...from that day till now...I cant stantd birds nor could look at their pictures and my friends and family make fun of it and randomly sends pics to scare me..sometimes I even dream of them and wake up panicking short of breath..even fall out the bed...the one thing that I hate is that they mock me for eating fried chicken saying that I am faking it...like OH cmon !!!
I have Ornithphobia since a huge Duck chase me while flapping it wings😔
My ornithophobia I think since birth...
I have a pet bird and I am scared when I feed them.. my phobia started from watching birds attack
I’m just scared of there wings..
Me too
I am terried of pigeons and I've never understood why. Other birds don't bother me at all.
Plz help me.....i have this fear....and i want to kill this fear....plz help me to overcome my fear.....
I tried get into the webside, in the section of Ornithophobia has a picture of bird....then I just closed quickly your webside... and my heart was beating sooo fast....T^T
i got it so bad i will randomly scroll through the net get flashed by a goose Picture throw my Phone away Out of Reflex with a Scream and then start crying
I once was attacked by a swan ... i was 3 years old and now im afraid of chickens and flapping wings i hate that swan
Swans 🦢 can be very aggressive particularly when they are protecting their young.
I am scared of every bird bigger than a pigeon. I know they can't do anything to me, but i don't cope with the fact that a bird can grow so big , i hate the sound of wings, sing, scream and the birds of prey are definitely evil looking
I got the phobia because an aggressive chicken was chasing me when I was a child
Top Oni mine is similar, I was in a big chicken cage on a school trip to a farm and a big rooster pecked me hard to the point of actually drawing blood and I remember banging on the cage door for the farmer to let me out. He came fairly quickly but it felt like hours. Ever since I’ve been traumatised by birds
Lol- aggressive chicken
But I have it of pigeons too so I’m not making fun of it :)
Yes u get mee
it's mainly birds that don't fly and huge birds for me
I don't think I hate them or are scared they just freak me out when they're too close or pet birds that try to walk on you.
My one and only enemies are birds 💀
İ can handle with birds when i see them on the street but when i see them inside a building..? İ would scream and start crying.
Its like you fear a pigeon more than a lion
I afraid of peacock very much😭
I yell when im with my friends it means i could get attacked but i dont plus birds are dinosurs
Certainly, the case that birds evolved from dinosaurs - many similar characteristics.
I can’t touch birds
My phobia started because of friggen eagle picking up my cousin
Fun fact I never I got that actress on google
I’m just scared of birds period. Like, it’s a critical fear
You said it right. I have it too. The fear is critical and no one can convince me into believing that birds are cute and harmless.
Im not scared of birds and honestly they do look pretty!
But…..
I hate their feet
Idk why but the first time i found about it was when i saw a chicken with its webbed feet