arachnophobia

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Phobias? - Yes or No

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222417) • United States 6 Jul 22

Phobias fall into four major categories: Natural Environment, Animals, Medical Treatments or Issues, Specific Situations. I have a fear of Small Spaces, specifically MRIs (Claustrophobia), Heights (Acrophobia), Flying,...

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Spider Babies Soon ~ Arachnophobia Anyone

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 19 Jul 19

The spider species Argiope aurantia, commonly known as Black and Yellow Garden Spider is seen in my yard often. I captured a photo of this spider sac on my fence. Babies are growing inside and will hatch soon. They are called...

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the sad tale of a little spider

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 19 Aug 16

Once upon a time an ickle spider ran across my living room floor. 'Eeep!' I quietly declared. A couple of days later I found the ickle spider sitting dead by the front door. I prodded him. As you do. 'Awww,' I...

natural grace and beauty

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The Spyder Who Came in From the Cold

EugenesDIYDen @EugenesDDen (310) • Ireland 21 Nov 15

I found this spider earlier in the year lurking in the sink in the shed, ready to pounce on unsuspecting victims. Usually spiders in my home get the vacuum cleaner treatment but this individual got lucky and was treated as royalty...

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Fighting Fear

TheIrishClog @TheIrishClog (985) • Ireland 5 Mar 12

I'm terrified of cockroaches, properly phobic. So we got a colony of roaches to feed some of our lizards. It did nothing to allay my irrational fears. I'm petrified of flying, the plane took off on Friday and I spontaneously...

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Top 3 Phobias

maria1081 @maria1081 (1251) • Philippines 17 Jan 10

Today I have learned through watching TV that the top 3 Phobias experienced by people around the world are Achrophobia, Claustrophobia and Arachnophobia. Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. It belongs to a...

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What are your biggest fears, phobias?

Noxmorexlies @Noxmorexlies (739) • United States 14 Jan 08

What are your fears/phobias? I have enotomophobia, which is the phobia of bugs and spiders. I am also afraid of fire works when they are too close by.

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Can you get over a serious Phobia?

JashleyB @JashleyB (1441) • United States 2 Jan 07

I have Arachnophobia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnophobia ) really bad and some people have told me that to get over it I need to face my fears. But if that includes getting near that which I fear I'm afraid I'd die...

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Are You Afraid Of Spiders?

Poison_Girl @Poison_Girl (4150) • United States 15 Nov 06

A spider was in my bathroom today and I hate, hate, HATE spiders! So when it was finally on my sink, I grabbed something to kind of guide it into the sink that was full of water and it freakin' JUMPED! What's worse than a spider...

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