Why am i scared of spiders? I know theyre only wee but they give me the pure creeps.?

Answer 1

arachnophobia is a very common specific phobia. A phobia is an irrational fear of something, that is that the feared object wont harm you. I would disagree as most spiders are venomous, and many can kill. Some psychologists suggest this is in line with survival mechanisms, fearing spiders ensures that you check a room or shoes etc to ensure that you do not get bitten. Of course, the indigenous british spiders are not lethal, but other parts of the world do have dangerous spiders.

Aversion therapy that slowly introduces images, toys and real spiders is the most widely utilised method to overcome arachnophobia. Increasing the exposure of spiders allows the person to feel the fear and overcome it in incremental steps.

Other therapies include association - talking about spiders and the images they conjure up can link creepy or clutching or caught in a web to seemingly unrelated experiences. For example if your mother was strict, controlling and unforgiving - these experiences can be likened to being caught in a web. Counselling then overcomes the unresolved issue and the phobia simultaneously.

I myself am not keen on spiders. People tell me they kill flies and so do a "good thing". I disagree. I live in scotland and we have the worlds largest midgie population. Spiders are not doing their jobs here, so when I see one I squish it with a shoe or toilet paper and flush it down the toilet. Yuk.

Answer 2

Oh, you poor thing, its not nice been scarred of crawlies is it, I am petrified of mice, maybe we should get all the spiders and mice together and put them in a room with half a dozen cats, they can all have something to eat and we can sleep better at night, just don't kill a spider through will you, cause if you want to live and strive let a spider run alive, old superstition, good luck.

Answer 3

I used to be very scared of spiders - I would scream or run away when I saw one. Then I studied biology, and the first year I had to dissect one (I had to dissect all kinds of animals). After I dissected the spider I lost my arachnophobia. I think it is because I realized that spiders are so much smaller than I am, and they really cant hurt you (the vast majority are not poisonous to humans).
I actually became so fond of spiders that I did my master thesis in biology on them.

Answer 4

Spiders look cute but some scare me at the same time.

Answer 5

this is probably a "conditional response." due to you experiencing other's reactions to spiders, from a young age. you have been conditioned to react the way you do , in the same way that you probably do not fear teddy bears but see them as an object of comfort, because you were conditioned from a young age to see soft furry toys as nice and comforting.
your fear of spiders has probably been "reinforced" by T.V."

Answer 6

lots of people are afraid of spiders. I am not afraid of a spider, but let me see a june bug or a grass hopper and I will run away...

Answer 7

because you know that spider can kill you. I have a fear of spiders now after being bitten and nearly dying. Kill every spider you see!

Answer 8

I think that you have been watching too many spider movies

Answer 9

Some of it is in your head-- other people are afraid of them, and they must be afraid for a reason.

Some of them are also poisonous, and that's a bit scary too.

Plus, they're not all that cool to look at, are they?

Answer 10

archnophobia is common phobias do not have to be rational. Some spiders are dangerous.