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Yes, you have arachnophobia. Whether you should be concerned or not depends on how it’s affecting your life. Spiders are everywhere and they’re not going to go away. If that’s a serious problem for you, then it needs to be fixed. There are psychotherapists that specialize in the treatment and cure of phobias, usually with good success. You need to seek one out to help you get over yours.
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One way you can treat the problem on your own is to learn about spiders. They’re mostly harmless, even beneficial because they kill other bugs that are harmful. Another way is to slowly desensitize yourself by getting closer and closer to them as opportunities present themselves.
(There are only two species of spider in North America that are dangerous to humans: The black widow and the brown recluse (aka the violin spider because of its markings). Even their bites won’t kill a healthy adult, though they will be painful and the brown recluse’s bite will kill some surrounding tissue and leave a nasty scar. Even the bite of a tarantula, though painful, is not poisonous. All the other North American spiders are completely harmless to humans.)
Master’s degree in clinical psychology. I’ve been bitten by black widow spiders (twice). It was painful and annoying, but I’m still here with not even a scar to show for it.
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This isn’t your Ans, but I just had to write! I lived in Japan for a year in a Japanese family’s home. I soon discovered that a HUGE spider–almost 4″ high and a large as a man’s hand, also inhabited the wing in which I lived. I wanted the landlord to kill it and it’s smaller mate, but he refused and said only that they killed something that IS HARMFUL to me. So I trusted what I was told. The spiders followed me around like pets! At night, I had only one lamp to read under. About 9 o’clock, the largest of the two would circle my chair, turn directly toward me, and as if he/it was saying, “Well, aren’t you coming to bed yet?” The pair slept on the ceiling directly above my head. I finally realized that since there was no heat in the home, they were catching whatever warmer air that rose from my uncovered head. After a number of months, I found out what it was that THEY KILLED, and it was a large scorpion that also lived in the rafters. One dropped from the ceiling once into my hot tub. An entomologist told me that while the scorpion was not “too poisonous” it was rather painful! I scolded the spiders for not being thorough, and they evidently took it to heart, as I never saw another scorpion! From this, I learned to find out what the creatures ate, and if it wasn’t me, they could live their own life.
Master’s degree in clinical psychology. I’ve been bitten by black widow spiders (twice). It was painful and annoying, but I’m still here with not even a scar to show for it.
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This isn’t your Ans, but I just had to write! I lived in Japan for a year in a Japanese family’s home. I soon discovered that a HUGE spider–almost 4″ high and a large as a man’s hand, also inhabited the wing in which I lived. I wanted the landlord to kill it and it’s smaller mate, but he refused and said only that they killed something that IS HARMFUL to me. So I trusted what I was told. The spiders followed me around like pets! At night, I had only one lamp to read under. About 9 o’clock, the largest of the two would circle my chair, turn directly toward me, and as if he/it was saying, “Well, aren’t you coming to bed yet?” The pair slept on the ceiling directly above my head. I finally realized that since there was no heat in the home, they were catching whatever warmer air that rose from my uncovered head. After a number of months, I found out what it was that THEY KILLED, and it was a large scorpion that also lived in the rafters. One dropped from the ceiling once into my hot tub. An entomologist told me that while the scorpion was not “too poisonous” it was rather painful! I scolded the spiders for not being thorough, and they evidently took it to heart, as I never saw another scorpion! From this, I learned to find out what the creatures ate, and if it wasn’t me, they could live their own life.
Master’s degree in clinical psychology. I’ve been bitten by black widow spiders (twice). It was painful and annoying, but I’m still here with not even a scar to show for it.
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