Arachnophobia

Another vote for leaving the spindly ones be (cellar spiders). I have several. I loathe the big house spiders and have barely seen once since moving into my current house which has a healthy crop of cellar spiders which tend to hang out in corners and mind their own business so if they are keeping the big ones under control, they are welcome!

My daughter's boyfriend is absolutely petrified of them.

I watched a documentary called Spider House on the bbc.

We co habit easily enough now. I don’t like it when they march up my quilt but they are transported to another room if they do that.

I don’t like to kill anything. I don’t put inside spiders outside. My sibling has the fear of the spindly spiders - I’ve never minded them oddly enough.

Someone on here had a lovely little rainbow coloured spider. Adorable.

Honest.

I just kill them all and I feel terrible afterwards because I think they are cool
I just cant bring my self to capture them at risk of them running or crawling on me
I wish I could get over it,

my idea of hell is being thrown into a pit of tarantulas and spiders,
I would rather be torn apart by a lion

They never used to bother me, well don't now really, apart from picking them up and chucking them out the house.

Did it once on holiday (UK) and the little arsehole bit, had a pretty nasty allergic reaction to it. Will still grab them, but with a tea towel now.

I've thought about therapy but I've heard they ask you hold one to say it's been successful and it stops me wanting to try it.

They cover this in the ZSL course, talk about how some people are scared of being 'fixed' because then they might touch a spider, which makes no sense, but kind of does! The day is a lot of talking about phobias and psychology in general, and then talking about spiders and their habits, usefullness etc. You don't see so much as a picture until later on in the day.

They announce you're off to the bug house, and you scoff with all your coursemates about how nothing's changed, how is this going to work etc, and then you're there, and somehow ok with it all! They will never force you however so you can back out at any point but on my day everyone made it to see the spiders, and I think maybe one person out of 40-odd didn't catch one under a cup. At no point did you have to touch one, though there were a few house spiders you could IF you chose to, and one tarantula for a photo op!

Ah, victim of its own success.

It's booked out for 2023

Yet another vote for the Friendly Spider course at London Zoo. Honestly, I wish I'd done it years ago - the holidays I could have had!

What a stupid post. I know as many male arachnaphobes as female, my dh and ds are both terrified of them. 😏

@VeterinaryCareAssistant - you clearly have NO idea what it's like to suffer from a phobia. Yes, you may be OK with spiders, but a lot of people aren't. I'm not. I can't even really justify (not that I should have to justify) why I'm not - I know deep down, it's a bit silly, but it doesn't stop my heart racing or my skin crawling. It doesn't stop me from wishing I could live somewhere, anywhere, where there are no spiders.
I wonder if you would be so dismissive of somebody who was so scared of something else?
I've tried to get over my fear, I've tried to tell myself that the spider is tiny in comparison to how big I am, but it doesn't stop me feeling absolutely terrified.
I once crossed over a busy main road because there was a spider walking along the pavement. Even outside, they scare the living hell out of me - and they have more right to be there than I do! It's not something a person can help - telling them to grow up is utterly pointless.

After a very bad experience a couple of weeks ago, I discovered this stuff. It is drastic and as an environmentalist I won't use any chemicals outside in the garden, but when it comes to my bedroom everything must die! I love the fact that this kills all insect life!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C3LQ7SXQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

I can't offer any advise as I am petrified of the damn things. I remember when I was 3 or 4, my slightly younger brother threw one at me that was carrying its eggs at the time - scared the living daylights out of me and I've been scared ever since. On Saturday, I screamed because a (not even that big) one ran under the sofa and we couldn't find it -my poor husband spent an hour taking the front room apart trying to find it, and no luck. Last night the damned thing reemerged - luckily my husband caught it and got rid of it for me.
I'm not sure I'll ever be over this phobia.
I spend 10 minutes in the evening checking the walls, ceiling and bed in our room before I turn the light out - my husband is a very patient man!

same here, I've thought about therapy but the thought of having to hold a large spider makes me feel ill

I am terrified of spiders. I hadn't really considered up warm weather up coming holiday until I read this! 😩 what's Thailand like for spiders?!!?

I loathe spiders and honestly would never visit a country where there may be huntsman spiders etc.

Its a shame in a way as the phobia rules out travelling to so many places.

We had hoped to go to Japan as a family, until I realised they had Huntsman spiders there...

@VeterinaryCareAssistant since you obviously don't have any phobia's, maybe we could put our heads together and find you a course on empathy...🖕

I could have written this. Makes me hot thinking about them.

Every single dark object I see out of the corner of my eye makes me jump. My house is absolutely immaculate at this time of year so there's less for them to hide behind. I also don't sleep with the windows open incase they crawl in and it's boiling! It certainly rules your life.

I've thought about therapy but I've heard they ask you hold one to say it's been successful and it stops me wanting to try it.

As a fellow arachnophobia, fuck you.

Another vote for the friendly spider course. It has been LIFE CHANGING.

@Lilifer - they need to be fresh conkers, sometimes they run out & go dry

So many so-called adults on this post need to grow the fuck up and deal with teeny tiny creatures.

These same women then get offended when men call women hysterical. Is it any wonder when they're sobbing and shaking over a spider!

@whatwhatinthebutt my old neighbours when I still lived at home used to hear me and my Mum scream and come running upstairs with a tupperware...that flat was horrific at this time of year. I bought my own house very soon after we moved there 😂
After I had moved out I once asked the man delivering my Chinese food if he could come in and get one for me...thankfully he wasn't a serial killer but I'd probably still have been more afraid of the spider if he was!

Yes just ensure they are not like my cat, who hides from them and miaws for me.

Get to know your neighbours. I went down to mine in my dressing gown the other morning to get her to remove one for me.

I don't want to be cured of my aversion, I want them away from me at all times.

I used a plug in once but impossible to tell what works. I just like to know I have people to call on to get rid of them.