Friggin' spiders man

[tommyboy]

Yeah so I wasn't sure where to put this either, but this seems like a logical place.

So is arachnophobia a real phobia? Is there a friggin treatment for that? Like seriously, I got so many friggin' spiders in the house it aint even funny a bit. There is this one daddy long legs that has been hanging out on the bathroom cieling wall for a couple weeks now. Not bothering anyone so that is cool.

I just saw a black spider above my shower on the wall. So I knocked it down went BYE BYE down the drain. Disgusting.

Now I am in my room, gonna go to sleep soon and I close my door and what do I see on the door? Friggin' spider, you guessed it! This one is a small one though... But g-g-godddamnn there are so many of them and they just keep coming and coming and coming and they are always there!

I have been thinking about taking ritalin. Just so I don't have any fears anymore. That would be great. Any thoughts about ritalin? On that south park episode the boys stayed focused and it was great. I am actually being serious because I can't take it anymore, knowing there are so many things in this world to be afraid of.

[Sith Lord 13]

Follow the spiders? Follow the spiders?! Why couldn't it be "follow the butterflies"?

The best way to fight a phobia is with humor. Be funny about it. Make jokes. Don't let it rule your life. If it really is that bad, therapy is the best answer.

[tommyboy]

Like, I'm not hallucinating or anything; they are really there. the black ones are the worst because they can bite. but they are just so creepy and crawly lol

[Magus]

You know, the american Brown Widow spider is really a killer, a common spider found around that part(if you are from U.S). You don't want to miss around these tough puppies. It harbors a neurotoxic venom, a really pain inducer. You won't feel it instantly from the day of the bite, but the next day you are sure to experience an excruciating pain. If it is not treated, other skin disorders will arise due to the bite.

[UnknownError]

LOL, thats really made him feel better telling him that!

[Sith Lord 13]

Like, I'm not hallucinating or anything; they are really there. the black ones are the worst because they can bite. but they are just so creepy and crawly lol

I didn't say you were hallucinating. Therapy is useful for dealing with all sorts of problems besides the big ones.

You know, the american Brown Widow spider is really a killer, a common spider found around that part(if you are from U.S). You don't want to miss around these tough puppies. It harbors a neurotoxic venom, a really pain inducer. You won't feel it instantly from the day of the bite, but the next day you are sure to experience an excruciating pain. If it is not treated, other skin disorders will arise due to the bite.

Nice man. Real nice.

[HauntMyEyes]

I think exposure therapy can be one? For example being in the same room as one without hurting it knowing its there, as well as holding one can probably help with your fear.

[INFERNO]

One common and effective treatment is systematic desensitization, whereby you are first taught methods of relaxation then you are gradually exposed to spiders starting from, say, a picture of one on the wall, to being in the room with one. As you become more and more reluctant to face the fear, the fear continues to grow in this cyclic manner and makes defeating it increasingly more difficult. It is a method that you can employ yourself or that a trained therapist can employ and is effective for many phobias.

[Hyper]

One common and effective treatment is systematic desensitization, whereby you are first taught methods of relaxation then you are gradually exposed to spiders starting from, say, a picture of one on the wall, to being in the room with one. As you become more and more reluctant to face the fear, the fear continues to grow in this cyclic manner and makes defeating it increasingly more difficult. It is a method that you can employ yourself or that a trained therapist can employ and is effective for many phobias.

Besides the very eloquent wording of INFERNO allow me to add that, besides being quite well proven to work I would call it very PRACTICAL & REALISTIC.

Since it is indeed true whenever you fear something and act based on that fear: avoidance, rituals, paranoia etc the fear just grows and grows.

[Zeh Crazy]

Them little nasties! I hate them. They can all die! I'm very afraid of them.

[dstnyisurs]

I feel your pain. I'm severly entomophobic and that's caused me to be clausterphobic because I'm scared that they're nearby if I'm closed in with walls or trees or something. Somehow this year, lots of moths and male mosquito's are making their way into our house and it scares me so much. A week or so ago, I had a panic attack and couldn't stop running my hand over my arms and legs to get rid of the feeling something was crawling on me, and I couldn't stop crying.
I hate summer. :|

[HillBillyWilly]

i used to be afraid of spiders. and the dark.


I overcame my fear of spiders by finding out that the daddy longlegs (the most common around here) isn't dangerous (or even a spider)

Plus, i agree that humor counters fear.

Maybe you should try reading up on spiders, it may help with your fears if you find out that, "oh, this spider isn't poisinous, but that one is, and i've never found one before."