Fear of Spiders
By dorisday1971
@dorisday1971 (5657)
Philippines
October 26, 2010 8:56am CST
It is funny that I am not afraid of snakes. Instead, I am afraid of spiders and frogs.
Arachniphobia or arachnephobia is the fear of spiders. If I remember right, since I was a child, I was already afraid of spiders. I became much afraid of it when my daughter was bitten by it when she was barely two years old.
Are you also afraid of spiders?
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7 responses
@Lexielilly (173)
• Philippines
12 Nov 10
It's creepy to me.
I don't want spiders as well.. If I am not mistaken, there are deadly spiders.
The spider's webs are annoying to me too.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
1 Nov 10
I was afraid with all kinds of reptiles
now I am only afraid of poisonous reptiles and those big enough to swallow humans
not sure why you fear frogs
but I heard some frogs are poisonous, to eat at least
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Oct 10
hi dorisday I have always had a fear of spiders and here in tCalifornia
we have two poisonous one, black widows and the brown rescluse spider. the bites cause some really bad wounds as the venom is really bad in the b rown ones. I kill any spider I see,as I think their bite is always close to being p poisonous.
@crazydaisy (3896)
• Canada
26 Oct 10
I don't like Spiders either I hate any type of Bugs they just drive me crazy I don't mind frogs or snakes...but any "BUGS" no way no THANK YOU!!!!
If I see one I call for help ...it's only a little ant I thought it was a big cockroach one so what I don't like them.
cd
@inu1711 (5285)
• Romania
26 Oct 10
I can't say I am afraid of any of this living creatures. I don't like any of them but I'm not afraid of them. Maybe that's because the ones who live in my area aren't dangerous.
The spiders that live here don't have a lethal bite, so I perceive them as being safe. I rather perceive them as useful beings than as threatening creatures. I think they can really help us by catching and eating other insects like flies and mosquitos.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
26 Oct 10
I have always been terrified os spiders. This is why I now catch the ones in the house alive and turn them out into the wild. I think the fear is slowly getting reasonable. By that I mean the ones that are dangerous I am still afraid of but the others I can catch without nightmares. As long as they don't crawl on me.