Fear, Spiders, Phobias and Health: Creepy crawlies

Creepy crawlies

By joolsie - 28/02/2010 02:03 - United Kingdom

Today, after a particularly gruesome nightmare about spiders due to my irrational phobia, I decided to try and desensitise myself by googling 'house spiders'. I can't stop the feeling of something crawling over every inch of my body, but at least I now know they can live up to six years. FML

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By Boyufd - 09/09/2018 03:30

Today, knowing that I have severe arachnophobia, my brother brought over his friend's tarantula. One hour later, the spider got loose. It's been 5 hours and I'm afraid to go to sleep. FML

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By eyes wide SHIT - 28/12/2013 01:37 - Australia

Today, I spotted a huge spider in my bedroom. I freaked out at first, but I managed to confront my arachnophobia and killed it with a book. I was ecstatic and went to tell my boyfriend. By the time I returned to my room, the "dead" spider had vanished. Now I'm too scared to sleep. FML

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By dickwebs - 22/11/2010 03:42 - Germany

Today, I was taking off my underwear to change into fresh clothes. Pulling them down, I realize there's a big fat spider in them. Not only did I have a spider chilling with my genitals the whole day, but I'm deathly afraid of them. FML

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By AussieGirl - 21/11/2009 11:40 - Australia

Today, as I put on my pajamas, a large spider ran down my leg. After freaking out, killing it, and recomposing myself, I went to the bathroom. As I sat down to go to the toilet, I looked up to see hundreds of baby spiders hanging over my head. FML

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They're out to get me

By Anonymous - 14/09/2023 16:00

Today, the last 8 spiders found in the house have all been in my bedroom. Not the kitchen, or my sister's room, or our parents' room, or front room, laundry, or garage. Always in my room. I’m the only one in the house scared of spiders. The bastards are haunting me, trying to scare me to death. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/11/2014 15:23 - United States - Tracy

Today, it took a whole half hour of scratching my head before I realized with horror that the weird tickling sensation I'd been feeling was actually a spider crawling around in my hair. FML

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Freaked out

By klanciee - 16/07/2012 02:00 - United States - Valencia

Today, when I woke up, I noticed something crawling on my bed. A white faced wasp was dragging the corpse of a rather large spider. I'm not sure what I was more disturbed about; the fact that the wasp was dragging something twice its size, or that these bugs even live in my house. FML

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Collect the set

By Anonymous - 20/04/2022 12:00

Today, some spider must have had babies somewhere in the walls, because every five minutes I seem to find yet another spider on my ceiling, in my cupboards, under the furniture, everywhere. I’m so fed up of smashing them, I’m thinking of getting the house fumigated. FML

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By thatsnotacat - 21/11/2013 17:52 - Australia - West End

Today, I woke up to something tickling me. Thinking it was my cat, I reached under the covers to give her a friendly scratch behind the ears. I imagine the giant spider that was actually there enjoyed my terrified screams. FML

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Juicy breakfast

By Anonymous - 07/01/2022 01:01 - Canada - Warman

Today, I woke up to a spider crawling across my face. I was so shocked that my new house had spiders, I jumped up out of bed, only to slip on the floor and land face down onto the bed. Wouldn't you know it, right where the spider was at that point. I can still taste the juice I squished out of it. FML

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Sunday 28 February 2010 9:08

why did I have to read this right before I go to bed...

PsychoMerk 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 9:14

It's ok OP, I have an irrational phobia of owls... yet my favorite place to eat is Hooters... the irony makes me ashamed of myself :(

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denbeste 3

Sunday 28 February 2010 12:03

Spiders are CUTE! Enough said.

dumbhaters 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 12:20

spiders are only scary if they are crawling on you otherwise I don't care (unless they are poisonous in which case i walk away quickly

jorby11 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 13:38

damn now I know this

Fuzzy_Old_Peache 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 13:56

eeek sqiash it squash it! its a flyswatter bit itll have to do HURRY!!! [#]----- Grab it!!!!¡

UKfan97 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 14:18

omg i have a phobia of spiders 2 and now im laying in my bed afraid tht somethings gunna crawl in my mouth....but i dont think i sleep with my mout open but still,, im petrified now;; thanks for posting this... :(

saladgirl123 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 14:28

it is not an irrational fear they are discusting. keep your room dirty they like clean. and get a cat.

Sabre300 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 20:09

Actually you would keep your room clean. Keeping a dirty room would attract other pest and bugs that in turn attract spiders :)

stupidlamb101 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 14:45

Thanks for letting me know that needed piece of information to feed my own phobias.

stupidlamb101 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 14:45

Thanks for letting me know that needed piece of information to feed my own phobias.

BlueBomber 0

Sunday 28 February 2010 15:02

I clicked YDI - not because you deserve to have a phobia, but you deserve the FML for googling the object of your phobia before you go to bed. Durrr. That being said, if it's a genuine phobia and not just a strong dislike/fear, you need real help, not harebrained self-therapy. Seriously, in whose mind is it a good idea to pull up a bunch of pictures of something you're terrified of right before you go to sleep?

lightburns 10

Sunday 28 February 2010 15:09

OP, in London Zoo they do this Friendly Spider Programme. In a day, most people are able to pick up spiders. It worked on me, I'm free from what was once my phobia. And I only had 15 minutes hypnosis because we went there on a school trip. (then again, I found out at Derren Brown's live show that hypnosis works well on me. Have the whole day thing and it will almost definitely work on you. It's worth it, I promise!)