I wish i wasnt so arachnophobic..
So its hot weather now and i just walked into the garage to get a beer and Oh Shit! huge mother of a spider on the wall.
My housemate casually picks it up with tissue and throws it out, im like how on earth can you do that and not be bothered by it??
Are there courses for this sort of thing? and do they work?
its bugging me now as i don't think ill ever be able to live on my own if i saw one i would die.
My housemate casually picks it up with tissue and throws it out, im like how on earth can you do that and not be bothered by it??
Are there courses for this sort of thing? and do they work?
its bugging me now as i don't think ill ever be able to live on my own if i saw one i would die.
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I'm severely arachnophobic, I've had some very OTT panic attacks because of them and one time my husband had to race home from work because I called him in hysterics when this one huge mother of a tarantula was in my front room!
I legged it upstairs, he came in and couldn't find the damn thing so I stood at the top of the stairs to tell him where it was and then screamed my head of cos it was running up the stairs towards me!! I swear they can smell fear.....
Anyway we don't get many as I think word has spread that if they come into my house they die....but I dread the day I'm alone and one appears.
I hate, hate, hate them with a fiery vengeance.
That's really brilliant that you managed to overcome your fear
So went to a pet shop,
They wanted £50 for one
I said "no way, I could get one cheaper off the web"
I see where you're coming from, i started throwing really tiny ones out. sort of practising on them if you like.
Then i went slightly bigger and tried it that way, although progress hasnt gone very far tbh.
I can deal with small ones now but anything over medium sized and i freak.
Giant spinder comes in, young self doesn't think to get a glass or anything and remove it- squash it with issue #39 of Official Playstation Magazine. It made a nice crunch but left a mess on the wall, from that day on I understand I was infinitely more powerful than spider.
Moths on the other hand still scare me.
Picking it up with a tissue?
What a wuss. :rolleyes:
I really need one of those! Like others in this thread, I am terrified. I know they can't hurt me (in this country at least!) and that I am bigger and more powerful, but they really do reduce me to a wreck.
Where did you get yours from, and what make is it?
I pulled the duvet back the other night to get in to bed and a spider ran under the pillow (it must have been on top of the duvet) Spent ages trying to find it, but no luck. The bastard is still in there somewhere. I have given up looking now.
Originally Posted by jules_c View Post
Don't know about the courses, but we have an ultrasonic spider repellent which works like a dream! Haven't seen a spider in the house in the two years that we have had it! A bit pricey for a good one, but they do work! (Honest, says a complete spider-o-phobe!)
I really need one of those! Like others in this thread, I am terrified. I know they can't hurt me (in this country at least!) and that I am bigger and more powerful, but they really do reduce me to a wreck.
Where did you get yours from, and what make is it?
Unfortunately, they don't seem to do the one we have anymore, but we picked ours up from Amazon. I'm so scared that even seeing a picture in a paper means I throw the paper across the room, so I can understand your problem!
I would not have been able to sleep in that bed till it had been stripped and washed!
Even then I'd have felt really uncomfortable in it.
Some people put conkers in the corners of there rooms as thats supposed to stop them coming in. Have no idea if it works or not.
I know I shouldn't but I find this story quite amusing - probably because I'm able to relate to it!
I have been known to sleep in the spare room if I've seen a spider in my room which suddenly disappears.
edit- oops it wasn't a Steatoda nobilis as I thought it was.
I leg it out of the room if I see one and get someone else to get rid of it. Last year there was one in my bedroom and my parents couldn't find it, I couldn't sleep in the room.
Oh spring, I love your warmth, and then you go shower spiders over us! I was startled by a large one last night. It was dangling from the ceiling, hovering above the bath, its spindly legs flexing acrobatically. It looked kind of beautiful in a way, but still inexplicably terrifying. I wonder why we are programmed to fear them?
I'm not sure where it's off to now. Apparently they're good to have around the house to get rid of pests... but if only the poor spider itself wasn't considered such a pest. I'm against killing them, but I know someone who has a spider vacuum thing which harmlessly displaces them out the home. I may be borrowing it for a bit...
Also I think some zoos offer these courses - I believe London Zoo at least at one point was running something like a one day course so might be worth trying.
Ha ha ha, you git!!!
I'm telling you, it was huge - even my hubby was a bit shocked!!
Think we got ours from lakeland limited (you can buy from them online). I'd highly recommend them!
I've got half a dozen, living behind my computer desk.
Yes - but that would require you to get somewhat near them and my instant reaction is to RUN.......FAR AWAY!!!!!