AIBU to worry after a possible bat hit my forehead?

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Hi all, this evening I decided to go for a walk as I’m struggling with my MH and anxiety - namely health anxiety. I was walking down a quiet street past a hedge when I felt something impact the side of my forehead. I was confused and thought something had been thrown at me but it appeared something flew off past me very quickly. I didn’t see what it was but due to the time I’m going to guess it was a bat.

My skin has no bleeding or wounds and I don’t think I was bitten or scratched by it.

However, I’m now completely beside myself. Google is telling me to call 111 for rabies advice but I text a few family members about it who seem to think it’s just funny and this is an over reaction, and my partner thinks the same.

i have extreme health anxiety so this is just a complete nightmare to me.

AIBU to panic over this?

We do not have rabies in bats in the UK.

Yes, YABU.

I walk through a park every day on my way home from work and I’m always getting bumped by flying bats, especially at dusk.

This is not true. While it’s true that it’s rare, we absolutely do have 2 species of bats in the UK that carry the rabies virus.

Some bats carry lyssavirus

If you have a phobia about rabies is it possible to pay to have the vaccine ?

No, it isn’t. And I wouldn’t generally worry about rabies for no apparent reason, I’m asking because a bat hit me in the head.

Not true.

I’ve been in your exact position before. I found ChatGPT very useful in calming me down and it won’t get fed up like friends or family will. It is vanishingly unlikely that a bat bumping into your head will have bitten or scratched you though

At this time of year it could have been a leaf, acorn or conker depending on the strength of impact.

I had an acorn fall on my head last autumn and it was very alarming, I felt like chicken licken with the sky falling on my head.

A bat with rabies seems like a very unlikely option.

Have you posted recently with bat-related worries? Because there have been a few similar threads

It is one busy bat

wtf is going on with all the bat stuff on here?

I did ask and it’s telling me to call 111 for a rabies assessment which has just made me even worse.

Quite

Baseball bat? Yes, seek medical attention.
Pipistrelle? No need to worry.

Bunch of bat shit posters

I don’t read on here as often anymore - has someone else had a similar issue? Lol

Call 111. A lady posted this exact thread a month ago and was eventually prescribed the appropriate medicine albeit after some debate.

Didn’t we have this exact same post a week ago?

i was thinking this! Never have I seen so many posts about bat anxiety in the space of a few weeks. Have I missed something ? 🧐🧐

I haven’t posted about bats before, no lol. These other threads are news to me. I thought at first someone had chucked something out of a top window at me and I was wondering what I’d done lol

All these bat threads are batshit 🤪

If you have health anxiety I would call 111. Ime it doesn’t matter what this thread will tell you - you need an answer from a health professional. And it’s ok.

Immediate forehead amputation.

The mystery object didn't break the skin, you're fine.

Don't ask AI because it always errs on the side of "SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION" because they don't want the negative PR in the unlikely event you should have.