I am also terrified of spiders. It helps to pretend that there are no spiders where your hands are, and thats just insulation and dust… not spider webs… yep yep yep!
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Xanis@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoI have Arachnophobia. Despite working on it in small ways throughout my life, I still get an extremely strong flight response when one is too close. I enjoy working with my hands and am decent at it. Sometimes I feel just a little cursed. A wee eight-legged dude that wants absolutely nothing to do with me and I’m the one having a freakout.
Zoot@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You can work on phobias like that in therapy
Xanis@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sure I can. How would you recommend I afford therapy for a phobia that only impacts my life rarely?
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My bad, I think I came across judgmental. I’ve got a heights phobia myself
Xanis@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s alright. Just that therapy is, unfortunately, all too often an expense that falls far down the list. Housing, food, and other bills and only then MAYBE therapy if it’s feasible. It helps, though the stress of paying it might extend your stay.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Arachnophobia is weird one too. It has it’s roots so far down our brain stem from billions of years of “fuck no spider!” Like flying and confinement are phobias that happen farther up the consciousness ladder. Spiders, and to a lesser extent snakes are in our like bios settings. Came with the motherboard
tooclose104@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I usually get that “this is fine” mantra going on repeat until it either touches me or I’m done and wig the fuck out of there. On the rare occasion I tell the spider we’re fine so long as we leave each other be and it’s all sunshine and rainbows. Brains are weird.
The second there’s more than 2 or it’s bigger than a toonie I’m bringing fire though.