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Ok, I'm sooo sorry that this is a bit long, but I thank you VERY much if you read it all. I know this is probably REALLY weird... but it's true! I'm afraid of deer. I don't know what exactly causes it, but I am. Anytime I see one, I get freaked out and want to cover my eyes. They're big animals and are VERY dangerous. They cause a lot of damage if you hit them. They can cause injury/death too. All the stories about them don't help either (I've heard of them actually coming through windsheilds or flying up over the vehicle and causing someone near to crash also. My mom has hit one before. It was a doe... but she was pretty big. I was *thankfully not with her when that happened. She was not hurt but our Dodge truck had some bad front end damage to it. I am old enough to drive, but don't have my license because I'm afraid that if I go out driving, I'll hit onea them things!!! I think bucks scare me a little more than does because of their antlers and they are a little bigger than does usually. One time when I was out, HUGE buck standing by the road his antlers were MASSIVE as soon as I seen him I screamed and hide my face. I was completely terrified that he was going to run into us I've heard of that happening too... deer running into your vehicle or something. I don't like being in places where they might be like roads that have lots or wooded areas and stuff because I'm scared I will see one. I live on a back road and just the other day my dad said he saw 2 small deer just up the road from our house. I myself have seen them there before. Sometimes I get scared they will come by my house... although I doubt they will since we live around a lot of people and we have dogs and a fence though I've heard deer can jump high but don't like dogs. That's why I'd NEVER get rid of my dog... she has a loud bark and I feel that she could scare one off need be.

So my question is how on earth do I handle having such a weird fear?! Any help is much apperciated...