Does anyone else dislike living alone and get scared?

Could you get a cat or a dog?

I don’t have any helpful suggestions, but the comments above do! Just wanted to say you aren’t alone, and not “silly” xxx

I walked face first into a spider web outside my door this morning- I’m not scared of them but could have done without a massive one on my face at 7.30am- might aversion therapy work ? :-)

sorry to be flippant @Pollqueen but of all the things to be scared of spiders have got to be quite far down the list, they really can’t hurt you. Can you maybe practice mindful acknowledgment? Say hello, but please leave me alone then just ignore them?

Also collect conkers and put near doorways and corners as spiders don’t like them, and orange oil. Less harmful than chemical repellants

I’m married, but for ten years I lived alone in another country for work for six months of every year, and liked it. I also spent a year living alone on an island that had no other inhabitants in winter.

I mean, I sympathise about the spiders, but other than them, what exactly are you afraid of?

A spider hoover from Lakeland is your friend. My house is practically in the woods and September appears to be spider time. The hoover sucks them up then you shake them out of the window.

I lived on my own for three years. I never slept very well because I’m also scared of the dark. (I’m not sure if that’s because I have PTSD.) Anyway, I also had every light on in the house. In the end I got a lodger just because it helped me to actually sleep better at night. Re the spiders - get one of those spider hoovers.

They don't like peppermint; get some peppermint oil and put some in water and spray it round your windows and doors.

Also don't like the feel of chalk so chalk around the outside of your front and back door frame- it does work, we had two big ones who wouldn't cross it last year.

If you've got any cellar spiders, leave them because they eat the big bastards.

Put some conkers down in corners of your home and it will keep spiders away
You can get silence plug in alarms for about 20 quid that keep spiders away

Get a ring door Bell and presence lights if you haven't already

There is a neighbourhood next door app you can download which neighbour s report suspicious behaviour.

Conversely, I HATE people in my home
I'm autistic. I've lived by myself since I was 22 and im now 44. The thought of a man snoring or making a mess in my house makes me break out in a Cold sweat.

Wishing you well

Don't kill spiders its bad karma. They also eat flies so they're your friend