Today, I screamed at the top of my lungs in the middle of a math test because I saw a spider that wound up being a hairball. My teacher was incredibly sympathetic, taking off only five points for "disrupting our working environment". FML
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Today, I smashed a spider with my pencil eraser. Later, I absentmindedly chewed on it while doing my homework. FML
Today, I saw a big, black spider on the floor of my bathroom. I promptly jumped up on the toilet seat, slipped off, and slammed my head against the wall. The best part? It was a tuft of my hair. FML
Today, I was quietly having a bath when I felt something fall onto my shoulder blade. I glanced over my shoulder and saw what I thought were huge black spider legs. I screamed, completely hysterical, and I threw myself violently against a wall. It was my hair. FML
Today, I finally conquered my fear of spiders by catching one in a cup and releasing it outside. Feeling proud of my bravery, I proudly showed my accomplishment to my roommate, only to realize it wasn't a spider but a piece of lint. I screamed louder than I would have for a spider. FML
Today, while hiking, I walked face first into a spider web. Freaking out, I shook my hair out in case there was a spider. Later on in the day the spider fell from my hair into my food. FML
Today, I was babysitting a six year old girl, when I saw a huge spider on the wall. I screamed and told her to stay back. Instead, she walked up to the spider, squished it, and told me to stop being such a baby. FML
Today, I was laying on the couch, reading, when I noticed a spindly leg poking round the corner of my book. Upon realising it was a spider, I calmly and rationally threw my book across the room, breaking the TV. FML
Today, while driving, a spider crawled onto my gearstick. Not being afraid of them, I casually flicked it off. Onto the person sitting next to me. The person evaluating me for my driving test at the time, who happened to be arachnophobic. FML
Today, while showering at my boyfriend's house early this morning, I saw a huge black spider on the wall. I'm allergic to spiders, so in my disorientation I ran out of the shower screaming, slipped, sprained my wrist, and bruised my tailbone. Turns out the spider was a clump of hair. My hair. FML
Today, I saw a spider in my room. I got a piece of paper to try and put it outside. As I reached, it jumped out of nowhere and landed on my face. My reaction was to smack where the spider was - my face. I fell on the floor disoriented. The spider got away. FML
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Murgray D. John 12
I can understand just screaming, but at the top of your lungs? I wouldn't even do that in my house. I would've been extremely annoyed if you'd done that while I was taking a test. YDI
Lalala579121 27
OP never said they have arachnophobia.
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Comments (16)
anthonygh5 9
Don’t be a bitch
Lisa McComb 10
I sympathize with you, those things look (and ARE) creepy no matter what!!!
Murgray D. John 12
I can understand just screaming, but at the top of your lungs? I wouldn't even do that in my house. I would've been extremely annoyed if you'd done that while I was taking a test. YDI
RichardPencil 30
Those students who snuck in late while you were running interference now think you’re an asshole. You just lost four free beers!
adventureinthesea 14
Obviously other commenters don't have arachnophobia... I scream, cry, and have hallucinations when I encounter a spider. I can't even look at photos of them on the internet without hyperventilating. People don't realise that some of us GENUINELY fear them and don't just find them "icky". I sympathise with you OP, and I'm sorry other commenters are jerks.
Lalala579121 27
OP never said they have arachnophobia.
GhostFox 33
I do, and I still don't scream unless they quite literally appear directly next to me or ON me. Do I panic? Hell yes, seeing them results in me being so damn terrified that I'm too focused on getting AWAY from the things to scream. And as someone with GAD and likely PTSD, someone screaming out of nowhere would ALSO send me into a full panic attack- which, trying to take a test after a panic attack, and all the fun side effects of the adrenaline that your body floods you with? Not fun, and can completely tank your grade. In addition to the fact OP could very likely have cost all their classmates some points, students have done stuff like this as distractions for their friends to cheat. I had one teacher who completely failed you for interrupting a test, and another at the college I went to was infamous for making the entire class retake the test if someone interrupted it- so OP was lucky that it was just the five points.
adventureinthesea 14
1. They don't have to say they have arachnophobia. That's blatantly obvious. 2. I have diagnosed GAD, asthma and PTSD. Seeing spiders sends me both into a panic attack and asthma attack. Why would my conditions be less valid than yours? Why is your reaction and why would your test be more important than mine? You obviously do not know what extreme arachnophobia is like. Just because you say you have arachnophobia doesn't mean you have it on the same severity as other people. That would be the same as somebody shaming you for your severity of panic attacks because theirs aren't "that bad". It's ridiculous and ableist.
adventureinthesea 14
My arachnophobia is so bad I can't even SEE PHOTOS of spiders. It can send me into a panic attack. **** you guys for ******** on people with ACTUAL phobias because you THINK you know what it's like.
Lobby_Bee 17
What's the big deal with spiders? You eat a good amount of them while you're asleep anyways.
Rabite 28
You lost point for this? Wtf? Do you also lose points when you have to cough or sneeze?
GhostFox 33
Screaming suddenly at top of one's lungs in the middle of a silent room during an event where everyone needs to focus is not the same as sneezing or coughing. Particularly since people tend to cover their mouth and/or nose when doing the latter two, which muffles the sound.
Glowworm56 26
It could have been worse--the "spider" could have turned out to be some pubic hairs.
kevinsagirl2323 8
if youre screaming at the top of your lungs I'm guessing you're searching for attention.
brainstorm98 13
Maybe if you were on time, they would’ve been more sympathetic. Js.