Bye bye Arachnophobia Since childhood I was afraid of bugs spiders and woodlice It was a real test for me to be near them and even look at them They seemed very creepy to me and I could not even explain to myself why they evoked such strong emotions in my brain - I was just scared But one day everything changed At 16 I went to a summer camp it was with an emphasis on education very similar to a short-time nice college I chose the Biological Squad because it was the most interesting direction ahead of me was meeting nice people excellent teachers and horrifying tests haha Once my squad and I went into the forest to search for and study insects I really didn t want to go into the forest to catch insects so as not to disturb these creatures and I didn t want to get too scared once again I hoped that I would just walk around and not have to disturb anyone And so it was my group caught a lot of bugs and I just walked around but at some point the jars for storing the insects ran out And our teacher caught a rare giant fat beetle with huge antennae legs I think this bug was around the size of my palm There was nowhere to put it and the teacher quickly throwing Here you go May just forcefully put it in my hand and ran away to catch more beetles I was terribly scared my hand and whole body were shaking my eyes widened I held the bug with two fingers and whined begging him to take the bug away from me The bug as luck would have it started shaking its head quickly trying to bite something and loudly rattling its antennae I almost lost consciousness I started screaming for the teacher to take the bug away from me but he just laughed and said Hold it hold it May don t let it go for anything I decided that I would hold the bug and closely monitor all its actions so that it wouldn t bite me or eat me haha A strong sense of responsibility awoke in me I realized that this bug was really rare and our expedition couldn t miss it And after a few mi