Spider !

[serenada]

What’s the trick for spiders? Have just got into bed, looked up at ceiling and saw 6 eyes and 8 legs looking down on me.

We are currently in a stand off as to who will move first.

Although if he falls on to the bed I just don’t know what I will do.

Hoover it up, it's not too late.

creep very slowly out of bed. sleep on the sofa?

Set the house on fire and never return. Its all you can do.

Its a spider. Dont be so dramatic.

If you really want to take it out of your house, grab a cup and put it over the spider. Then get a piece of paper and slide it under the cup, sealing the spider inside. Take the cup outside and set it on the porch- the spider should crawl out by morning.

@FishTaco101

It’s a big spider. On the ceiling. Just fractionally too high for me to reach.

A big spider.

Currently have a similar problem. This one looks badass. I'm thinking of moving out!

Oh OP I feel for you. Are you alone in the house?

I bought a spider sooker from Lakeland. It's great! You just Hoover them up and put a cap on then realise outside.

And they always look fab wearing a cap ;)

Another vote for Hoover. Then stuff some tissue in the end so that it can't get back out.

I vote for moving house! Or hoovering it up and chucking the hoover outside afterwards

I woke up once to the biggest spider on the ceiling right above my bed and I mean it was huge, and looked even bigger because of the shadow. I nearly died!! I had to hoover it up despite it being 0500 on a Saturday morning. I felt all funny all day because of it.

Leave it. It will have scuttled away into a corner by morning and if doesn’t want to (and won’t) drop onto your face any more than you do.

Look, I don’t exactly love spiders either, but I’ve learned to respect and appreciate them because they eat pests and they’re part of the eco-system. The spiders we find indoors come indoors because they want the shelter. They’re living creatures.

@serenada
And? Its still just a spider. The chance that its dangerous is very very low. Probably just a wolf or common house spider. Go get a chair or something of the sorts if you really want to catch it, or just go to bed.
It wont hurt you, dont worry too much :)

Wear a your face mask to make sure it doesn't crawl in your mouth when you fall asleep.

I need a cure for my spider phobia. It is so stupid, and I've wasted so much of my life panicking about them. My rational mind knows that they can't hurt me, and it's just stupid. Something in my head just does not like them.

Girl that ain't your house no more, that's belong to Mr Skinny Legs now 😂

@blubberball

I need a cure for my spider phobia. It is so stupid, and I've wasted so much of my life panicking about them. My rational mind knows that they can't hurt me, and it's just stupid. Something in my head just does not like them.

Same. I dread autumn because I know I'm in for about two months of them running out at me. I wonder if hypnotherapy works.

OP are you okay?

Those saying OP is dramatic or "it won't hurt you" type comments obviously don't understand what a phobia is

I was severely arachnaphobic. What cured me was actually holding a tarantula, which sounds like it should have done the opposite
We had an animal experience at home, and the person with the tarantula was so patient with me. She slowly built me up to look at it, touch a leg, stroke it and then eventually holding it.
I still don't like spiders, but I can now pop a glass over them, and take them outside.

Hoover?

The hoover is your friend.

I'm also a gibbering wreck for about two months at this time of the year. I'm almost thinking about moving my boyfriend in solely to deal with this.

Wear a your face mask to make sure it doesn't crawl in your mouth when you fall asleep.

You should write horror

I'd of left the room, pushing a blanket against the door so it couldn't run underneath and I'd of slept downstairs.
I'd be sleeping downstairs tonight too if whoever I'd summoned for help this morning couldn't find it.

Dh was fixing the garage window the other day and the resident house spider kept getting cross at all the hammering. She kept popping out of her hidey-hole and standing looking cross on the other side of the window every time he tapped a nail in.
So cute.
Ds named her Pop-pop. (disclaimer - don't know the actual gender identity of the spider).

The hoover is NOT anyone's freind. Spiders could run up the outside of the tube, or cling with all 8 legs to the nozzle.

It's bloody stupid to post "It's just a spider" ffs! About as stupid as arachophobia in the first place. The difference is we arachnophobes know we are being irrational!

OP, I hope it went away and you are now more relaxed!

@Thorilicious I am jealous. I've had a few rounds of treatment and holding a tarantula was interesting, gave me new insight into the physiology of spiders and left me just as reactive to house spiders as ever!

At 55 I am just about coming to terms, maybe becuase I can't move away as quickly. But I don't recommend getting spectacles if you are aware your eyesight is going... crystal clear vision is fucking terrifying the first time you then see an 8-legged critter