Arachnophobia.

Madmeg

Absolutely petrified of anything larger than a money spider - apart from the thin-legged garden ones. DH was once abroad for 4 months and I spotted a huge spider on the lounge carpet. I had to drop the heavy family bible on it - and there it stayed for 4 months. I hate killing anything but my fear is worse.

I hoover them up. Am a bit worried one might escape the hoover so I then put it in the garden until my OH is free to empty it.🤪

Absolutely petrified of anything larger than a money spider - apart from the thin-legged garden ones. DH was once abroad for 4 months and I spotted a huge spider on the lounge carpet. I had to drop the heavy family bible on it - and there it stayed for 4 months. I hate killing anything but my fear is worse.

Nannynoodles

We call them all Cotton Eye Joe, “where did you come from, where did you go?” 😂

We’re all enjoying that. Thanks Nannynoodles!

Nannynoodles

We call them all Cotton Eye Joe, “where did you come from, where did you go?” 😂

Love it 😂😂😂

This common phobia is ‘atavistic’ - an instinctive fear inherited from our distant ancestors. Some people think spiders are alien, from outer space.
I’m not afraid of snakes or rats or any other beast ( though octopuses are repulsive) but am terrified of spiders. So was my mother and so is one daughter, despite us all taking care not to influence each other.

We call them all Cotton Eye Joe, “where did you come from, where did you go?” 😂

I don’t have a problem with spiders and leave them be. My dd has a phobia , no idea where it came from as dh is ok with spiders . So I’m the spider remover in our house , I take them outside , no squishing them . As they get rid of other bugs .

No such thing as removing gently with glass and card in the Oreo household😄they get zapped asap.

A couple of years ago, I pulled back my duvet to get into bed and a bloody great spider came galloping up and disappeared down the back of the headboard
Since then, I never get into bed unless I’ve checked my pillows lifted up the duvet and had a good look at the ceiling .
I don’t think they would be so scary to me if they ambled along, but they don’t,they move as though they’re jet propelled 😵‍💫😬

I was petrified of spiders, our first trip to Australia staying in friends ranch drew back the curtains to see a dozen huntsman spiders (big hairy buggers)

I had a melt down, DH calmly said you have a choice you can fly back to UK today on your own or get over your fear.

I managed to get over my fear, I am the go to spider catcher at home, gym and friends houses. Quite happy to pick them up gently and relocate them.

Would never pick up a false widow, and know the deadly Aussie ones by sight.

Sorry posted prematurely meant to say some do bite, one bit my SiL whilst gardening and his arm swelled up and went red. Only when the redness had faded did he see the two pincer bites. Terrifying 😳

I have a phobia, spiders and mice make me rush from wherever I am shrieking like a loon. Only big spiders, smaller ones that hang on webs in corners and don’t move are fine. But the big buggers move so quickly and always towards me.
I think could be a primordial fear of spiders that are venomous, sone do bite,

I am not too bad with them unless they really big.

I think part of their problem is that they are ugly.

I may have said on here once, I went into the night time place for animals, in London Zoo. Boy, were the creatures in there ugly.

Fleurpepper

Genuine question 'WHY?. Where does this phobia come from???

I'd hazard a guess that it's harking back to a very basic instinct to avoid spiders which could potentially be venomous.

I try always to catch them and take them for a walk. But they seem to be getting larger lately and some are too big for my spider catching device.
I don't have a phobia about them, but don't want them actually ON me .

It's the time of year when they come in- in our house they are called 'Fred'. They eat lots of other critters and do a great job. If really necessary, it is 'upside down glass over and a piece of card, and gently out into garden.

They don’t bother me I just try and move them on When two of my grandkids were young we had a resident one in the loo and they were scared of it I gave it a name I think it was Mabel and we wove all sorts of stories around Mabel and she even sent a message after she left on her ‘hols’

Genuine question 'WHY?. Where does this phobia come from???