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Originally Posted by Shokan
Hornets and wasps and bees. I have never been stung by one, but I don't know if I am allergic to them.
I don't want to find out.
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I used to be the same way... I had never been stung by any insect, and was really freaked out whenever there were bees/wasps around. If one flew around me while I was outside, I'd spaz out and run away as fast as I could.
I was finally stung when I was about 12. I think I went into shock. I must have stared at that little stinger sticking out of my leg for a good 5 minutes watching it pulse as it pumped venom into me. I thought I was going to die.
I remember going to the nurse's office (I was at camp) and waiting there for her to come back. All the while with the stinger stuck in my leg. I finally realized that I wasn't going to die (and the nurse STILL wasn't back!), so I took matters into my own hands and just yanked it out.
I couldn't get over how it wasn't painfull... just felt like a little slap. Here I had been expecting excruciating agony! What a let down!
Since then, I've been stung dozens more times. It's just a minor incomvenience and itches like crazy after. But I still have those few instinctual seconds where I still spaz out before I realize I'm not afraid of them anymore.
