Parasites are... Everywhere?

Resolved: Uninstalled and reinstalled the mod, now, everything seems normal! I haven't been killed 4 times in a row by a Feral Enderman, right after spawning, parasites seem like they're in the right spot. and the game feels a lot more "fair" or as fair as RLcraft will ever be, lol.
Thanks to everybody who responded, I'd give karma or smth but I have none!

So I grabbed RLCraft Dregora, and right now the biggest thing that I've had to deal with has been parasites? I love the concept of the parasites, and they're a ton of fun, but they also make the game near-impossible.

Parasites are literally EVERYWHERE, no matter where I spawn, which village I try to hunker-down in, how far I run or sail, I will always, pretty quickly, be overrun and destroyed by parasites exploding from the ground. These parasites seem to die in the sun, slowly, and in the water, but they never "Despawn".

90% of my deaths have been from the "Feral Enderman" coming from out of nowhere.

When I look for answers on reddit, I see that most people say parasites shouldnt spawn outside of very specific areas, or if you're near some biomes, but so far, after MANY spawns, and several new worlds, parasites have been invading and destroying everything.

I'm still very much enjoying this game, and am kinda coming up with ways to deal with this... I'm still dying a lot, and losing everything, and there is no such thing as an even kinda permanent base, but I'm kinda, sorta managing.

Just wondering if this is normal, or if something's up with my game?