Arachnophobia

[Llamas]

I technically don't have arachnophobia since I'm not afraid of all arachnids, generally just spiders. I guess a huge scorpion would scare me, but I'd rather face a scorpion than a tarantula.

I'd actually never thought about how unclear that word is - "arachnophobia" does mean a fear of arachnids, not just spiders. Personally, I am afraid of ticks, and I'm sure I'd be afraid of a big scorpion or spider, but generally it's just ticks. I'm not sure if that makes me arachnophobic.

But if I killed a big spider and tons of baby ones scattered, that'd freak me the fuck out.

[IxnayontheLindsay]

Haha sucks for this guy...

http://tosh.comedycentral.com/blog/2...=synd_facebook

First apartment I moved into here in Arizona was INFESTED with scorpions. I hate those fuckers... ughhh... and you can't get rid of them unless you squish them... they won't die from pesticides.. I HATE them...

[Tiny Vessels]

So I'm laying in bed and I just happened to look up and I see a spider a couple feet from me on the ceiling. I can't kill it because it's right above my bookself. I just hope when I wake up it's still there. It bothers me that there is a spider almost right above my head and I gotta sleep.

[Duskygrin]

Oh, you poor thing. How ever did you manage to get your forty winks?

My fear of spiders is getting so bad I suffer from palpitations at the mere mention of Spiderman.
So whether it qualifies as arachnophobia has become quite a secondary issue. All these videos, contrary to what I had imagined, have weakened my resistance. My nerves are shot to pieces and I daren't look at the crevices around my window frame anymore.

And offspring junkie's video fooled me all right. I thought it was all oh-so-real up until they dropped the word "hammock". Then I thought... "heeeey, wait a minute. Aren't hammocks meant for humans only?".

[Tiny Vessels]

Yeah I got some sleep. The spider is in the same spot as it was last night so that makes me feel better because it didn't move. When I was watching Offsping Junkie's spider video I was laughing. I loved all the drug references.

[Llamas]

So I'm laying in bed and I just happened to look up and I see a spider a couple feet from me on the ceiling. I can't kill it because it's right above my bookself. I just hope when I wake up it's still there. It bothers me that there is a spider almost right above my head and I gotta sleep.

Yeah I got some sleep. The spider is in the same spot as it was last night so that makes me feel better because it didn't move. When I was watching Offsping Junkie's spider video I was laughing. I loved all the drug references.

I'm not really afraid of spiders, but that bothers me, too, unless it's just like a daddy long legs or whatever. Fortunately I have cats, so if there's one in my bedroom when I'm going to bed, I bring a cat over to take care of it :P

[Baldwin]

I have no sympathy for arachnophobes. Especially when they come from Europe. For fucks sake, go be scared of something that isn't a million times smaller than you and utterly harmless in every possible way. Go be a bearophobe or a pitbullophobe or something.

[Tiny Vessels]

Ok I am offically adding ticks to my arachnophobia. I just found one on me. It was on my leg but I was wearing jeans all day til now when I changed. I'm so grossed out I feel disgusting. What I want to know is how the fuck did it on me? I was wearing jeans.. I just want to go and wash/clean everthing. I keep feeling like there is something on me and there is nothing. God I feel gross.

[_Lost_]

They tend to crawl up from the ground. The best way to avoid them is to tuck your jeans into your socks and your shirt into your jeans, though I was never really a fan of that style.

[Paint_It_Black]

I have no sympathy for arachnophobes. Especially when they come from Europe. For fucks sake, go be scared of something that isn't a million times smaller than you and utterly harmless in every possible way. Go be a bearophobe or a pitbullophobe or something.

Jewophobe?

But yeah. I had no concerns about spiders until I moved to the US and even then I didn't care about them at all until one day I was telling a friend about this cool spider that lived over my back door. I would watch it all the time while out for a smoke. He came out for a look and told me that it was a brown recluse and that I needed to kill it because it could be quite dangerous. Rarely lethal, but who really wants to gamble with that? Now I'm back in the UK it's taking me a while to remember again that spiders are no cause for concern.

If I believed in such nonsense I'd be tempted to say that the UK is the chosen land, a lush paradise for humankind. There's nothing dangerous here at all. Speaking in terms of naturally occurring danger, obviously. I have no idea how the british ever survived in the americas, or the beautiful hell that is Australia after coming from such a land as this.