How do I get over my extreme fear of spiders?

Question

I just absolutely hate spiders even though they aren't as big as me!~!!!!!!

Answer 1

I hate them too, if you find a cure let me know? :) Luckily my cat loves to eat them so i dont see many big ones anymore. Tiny ones dont bother me.

Answer 2

i think most people do also

have your house sprayed do all the things you can to not have to worry about them being near you

and i dont think that many people get bit by spiders

it doesnt happen that often compared to the 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000... in the world or just your city you live in

hope this helps

Answer 3

I to used to be terrified of spiders. I was to the point that if there was a spider in a room, I wouldn't go in it until the spider was killed. I used to even run away and have to get my girlfriends to kill them. I work in the pet business dealing in mostly fish and reptiles, so I had to get over the fear.

What I did to get over the fear was I got a tarantula for a pet. I bought a ten gallon tank and all the accessories. I set it up at the pet shop and picked out the tarantula and had someone else put it in the tank. Then I took it home, put it in my bedroom, and forced myself to have to be in the same room. I never had to clean the tank out, which I was glad about, since I don't think I could of done that. I would use a spray bottle to soak the sponge for it. I would drop crickets in when it needed to eat. Then after having it for a few months I started to see a change in my fear. After a year I was able to even kill them on my own.

I know that it sounds like an extreme treatment, but the fear was extreme as well. But anyway that is what I did to get over my fear. I suppose you could try hypnosis to. But that was my own treatment without any suggestions at all. I hope you can over come your fear. Good Luck.

Answer 4

You can move to Alaska.

Answer 5

You have shoes don't You?

Answer 6

I got one of those plug in spider repellents. they send to signal though ur home electrics, and it deters spider. mine seems to be working.

Answer 7

buy one as a pet

Answer 8

I used to have the same fear of their webs!

Try a course to get up close to some with experts around or hypnotherapy could work.

Just be reassured that unlike Australia, we have no deadly spiders - yet!

Answer 9

well spiders are very nice to me cause i am nice to them....

Answer 10

Well... I was watching this one episode on Animal Planet who was terrified of Sharks! What she did was, went to the local aquarium that has small sharks, asked an employee if she could go in the water with them, the employee said yes, the next day she was put in a diver's outfit, got in a cage to protect her, then went in the water with some other divers. She was screaming underwater practically. Once she calmed down (which was about an hour later) she found herself transfixed by the sharks, and when it came time to get out of the water, she didn't want to leave! Sharks became her favorite animal! You could try doing something like this woman did!

Hope This Helped And Best Of Luck!!

Answer 11

oh my god i cannot stand spiders either! eek :$

but i deal with 'em... just think...they're smaller than you so they cant really do anything to you.

ok that might not be useful but just picture yourself as confident and that you're not scared of spiders, and just try and go near it with that thought in your mind. it works for me! :S

but people r different, i know! :)

good luck though.

Answer 12

I have a disabling fear of something very trivial but it makes it difficult for me to live a normal life.  I can't say what it is because i am even afraid to type the word, but i wouldn't want it to go away because it's part of me, so if i were you i wouldn't want your fear to go away either.  Do you feel it's an important part of who you are.

Answer 13

Robert C's idea is a good one.  There are also courses at Dudley Zoo, in the midlands.

Answer 14

London Zoo in Regents Park used to run a course for arachnophobes.  Try contacting them.

Answer 15

sandalwood incense help keep them out of your home so you don't have to worry about them

Answer 16

hold a trantula, it worked for me

Answer 17

Exchange your fear for fear of leopards. There aren't any leopards in this country. Problem solved.

Answer 18

Hi

Do you have children??  the reason I ask is because I didn't like spiders much before I had my two.  Now I have no bother with these useful creatures.  I am now the brave one that gets them out of the bath. I didn't want to pass on my phobia to them and it seems to have worked!

Cheers

Answer 19

touch spiers or contact with them so you'll get used too them. Maybe it'll work.