Fear, Spiders, Phobias and Health: Creepy crawlies

Creepy crawlies

By joolsie - 28/02/2010 02:03 - United Kingdom

Today, after a particularly gruesome nightmare about spiders due to my irrational phobia, I decided to try and desensitise myself by googling 'house spiders'. I can't stop the feeling of something crawling over every inch of my body, but at least I now know they can live up to six years. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/10/2024 08:00 - United Kingdom

Today, and every day for the last ten days, I’ve woken up in the morning and found another new spider somewhere in my room, ten days in a row. I don’t know where the bastards are coming from but I’m seriously considering sleeping in another room, or buying a new house. FML

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By Boyufd - 09/09/2018 03:30

Today, knowing that I have severe arachnophobia, my brother brought over his friend's tarantula. One hour later, the spider got loose. It's been 5 hours and I'm afraid to go to sleep. FML

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By eyes wide SHIT - 28/12/2013 01:37 - Australia

Today, I spotted a huge spider in my bedroom. I freaked out at first, but I managed to confront my arachnophobia and killed it with a book. I was ecstatic and went to tell my boyfriend. By the time I returned to my room, the "dead" spider had vanished. Now I'm too scared to sleep. FML

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By dickwebs - 22/11/2010 03:42 - Germany

Today, I was taking off my underwear to change into fresh clothes. Pulling them down, I realize there's a big fat spider in them. Not only did I have a spider chilling with my genitals the whole day, but I'm deathly afraid of them. FML

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Freaked

By AussieGirl - 21/11/2009 11:40 - Australia

Today, as I put on my pajamas, a large spider ran down my leg. After freaking out, killing it, and recomposing myself, I went to the bathroom. As I sat down to go to the toilet, I looked up to see hundreds of baby spiders hanging over my head. FML

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They're out to get me

By Anonymous - 14/09/2023 16:00

Today, the last 8 spiders found in the house have all been in my bedroom. Not the kitchen, or my sister's room, or our parents' room, or front room, laundry, or garage. Always in my room. I’m the only one in the house scared of spiders. The bastards are haunting me, trying to scare me to death. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/11/2014 15:23 - United States - Tracy

Today, it took a whole half hour of scratching my head before I realized with horror that the weird tickling sensation I'd been feeling was actually a spider crawling around in my hair. FML

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Freaked out

By klanciee - 16/07/2012 02:00 - United States - Valencia

Today, when I woke up, I noticed something crawling on my bed. A white faced wasp was dragging the corpse of a rather large spider. I'm not sure what I was more disturbed about; the fact that the wasp was dragging something twice its size, or that these bugs even live in my house. FML

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Collect the set

By Anonymous - 20/04/2022 12:00

Today, some spider must have had babies somewhere in the walls, because every five minutes I seem to find yet another spider on my ceiling, in my cupboards, under the furniture, everywhere. I’m so fed up of smashing them, I’m thinking of getting the house fumigated. FML

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By thatsnotacat - 21/11/2013 17:52 - Australia - West End

Today, I woke up to something tickling me. Thinking it was my cat, I reached under the covers to give her a friendly scratch behind the ears. I imagine the giant spider that was actually there enjoyed my terrified screams. FML

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dman4412 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 9:08

why did I have to read this right before I go to bed...

PsychoMerk 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 9:14

It's ok OP, I have an irrational phobia of owls... yet my favorite place to eat is Hooters... the irony makes me ashamed of myself :(

Comments

ski_backwards 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 19:31

uummmm lots of people are scared of spiders

Mattsta123 5

Sunday 28 February 2010 19:49

did ya no that the average human eats 6 spiders in their sleep?

cboisen10 1

Sunday 28 February 2010 20:29

ydi for being a pussy

polico_wolf 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 21:27

Do you even know what a phobia is? Oh wait, you're a troll, sorry.

mreskomo 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 21:25

ik how u feel

fishness 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 22:06

One time, my bedroom was infested with spiders. I walked in at 2 AM and turned on the light and the mother spider was hanging right in front of my face and there were tons of baby spiders all over the walls and ceiling. I wasn't able to sleep in my room for about four months, even after vacuuming up all the spiders.

mangobells 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 22:24

I lock all my doors if there is a spider in the hallway and I sit on a chair in the middle of my room with my legs up.

angrynegro7 16

Sunday 28 February 2010 22:42

Spider-man, Spider-man! Does whatever a spider can...

Anteezy 7

Monday 1 March 2010 0:09

You even admit that your phobia is irrational, so what the hell are you afraid of?

ziqi92 0

Monday 1 March 2010 3:26

well ppl will always have irrational fears of sorts. i have arachnophobia too and i just ran for cover the other day when my school's zoology teacher brought his pet tarantula into my physio class. one image/thought triggers a certain chemical in the brain and to some ppl it will create a fear reaction. its like OCD. its beyond our concious control.

Anteezy 7

Monday 1 March 2010 5:23

But once you actually know and admit that it is irrational you can overcome it. When you come to the realization that it is impossible to pose any threat to you, you can slowly desensitize.

NoteMyGrin 0

Monday 1 March 2010 6:21

Yes, that's the theory, but phobias are different from normal fears. People with true phobias can see an image of, say, a spider, and start shivering, feel the urge to throw up, experience sweats and a racing heart like a panic attack. Some people have success desensitizing, others don't.

peacemadison2012 0

Monday 1 March 2010 1:27

i no how you feel girl. once when i was in target i saw a gigantic wolf spider on the shelf, i screamed bloody murder, stripped down to my underwear and bra and shook out my close. i had soooo many funny looks that day. *ashamed*