Spider Phobia Support Thread

[Yzma and Kronk]

OMG - I was making the bed today, and smoothing out the spread and a icky poo little black one was crawling on top. What he was doing on the bed instead on the walls like he should have been, is beyond me!!!

Down here you usually hire a "bug company" to spray every quarter, so it makes me feel a bit better.

I guess no one here watched survivor last night? The family member in the challenge had to eat a teranchilla (sorry don't know how to spell it and don't want to know either....)
I couldn't watch
Oh the nightmares, and years and years of therapy if I had to eat a spider......

Along came a spider and sat down beside her...........

 

[tiggersmom2]

I have always been scared that a spider will be in the toilet. Well, I managed to put this phobia behind me, I figured I was just being silly - YEAH RIGHT! One day I was on the throne and got a weird feeling, I looked down and sure enough, there was a disgusting, huge (probably 6 inches in diameter ), nasty SPIDER!!! This thing was right at the rim and had one furry foot coming up to the seat! . I swear to God I had to clean the floor up!


I kill spiders every chance I get!

BTW - I was bitten by a brown recluse once and it was not pretty! I was in the hospital for awhile and have a huge scar on my butt to prove it (not from the spider in the toilet! )

 

[grinningghost]

See now don't you all feel better getting this horror off your chests. We promise to support you each and everytime a spider makes it's way into your life.

 

[Lanshark]

KILL THEM ALL!!!

Squish them
Swat them
Spray them
Flush them
Scald them

Whack them
Smack them

Let the cats eat them

I really don't care how they die I just want them DEAD!


OK.....I feel much better now.
:space:

 

[debster812]

vaccuums and duct tape people, vaccuums and duct tape!!!

Suck em up with the vaccuum and then duct tape the hose shut until your DH, SO, or brave brave child can get the nasty wee beastie out of the vaccuum.

 

[FOJMO]

It's funny how I came upon this thread tonight. About an hour ago, my DD18, came out of her room asking me to kill a BIG spider in the hallway outside of her bedroom.

Well, usually I don't have much of a problem with this and I grabbed a wad of tissues to do the deed.

But, upon seeing the SIZE of this spider, and the THICKNESS of his body, there was no way I was going to handle this.

So, I had to wake my poor DH, who had been in bed about 30 minutes already and sound asleep to ask him if he would PLEASE help us.

Being such a sweetheart, he made no complaint and took care of it. I knew I married the right guy 23 years ago!!!

 

[lisajl]

Just read through more of these threads. I understand spiders kill a lot of other insects...hooray...but I still don't have to like the little beasts.

I think I have a problem with them because

1. They have a bunch of eyes....(where are they looking..I don't know...gives me the creeps.

2. Eight legs...well...which way are they gonna run? HELP! Will they run up my arm or across my face...they can go eight different ways.

CREEPY!

Lisajl

 

[themepark]

Originally posted by chell
I'm so bad that I can't even read all the posts in this thread.

I was going to post the exact same thing.

Here's one of my spider stories. I work for a summer program where we often take kids on field trips. We were at an outdoor history museum and I was standing next to a child in the program. Another one of other adults was standing down the hill and yelled up to me, "There's something on Paul's back, what is it?" There was a HUGE HAIRY spider on his shirt. What did I do? I screamed hysterically and backed away from the poor child. My friend ran up the hill and knocked the spider off of him. The child never even knew what was going on. My friends still tease me about this. Ewwwwwww.....now I will have nightmares!

 

[Marion]

Ick ick ick ick ick!!!

My 14 year old DS (and I use the term D loosely) is on this new 'lets freak out mom' kick and sends me links via yahoo to pics of spiders. I'm on to his evil little plot now and refuse to open anything he sends me... what a brat. Just so you know... NEVER look at anything called a 'clock spider' or 'camel spider'.

On another note... I have one 14 year old boy to give away... willing to pay all shipping costs

~Marion

 

[dizneegirl]

All I have to say is

"RAID!"


I have told them... don't come in my house. If you do... you're dead. End of story.

BLECH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Magix]

Originally posted by lynxstch
yesterday I was cleaning the tub..went to take the stopper out..and this HUGE spider came out of the drain..I screamed..then remembered noone else was home..and I drowned the little sucker..there seem to be more of them around this year than ever!..YUCKO!

Did you ever see that episode of Rod Serling's "Night Gallery"? This guy kept washing a spider down the drain and every time it came back... BIGGER. It was huge by the end! Can't remember what happened - it probably ate the guy - too traumatic to remember...

I can't stand spiders. I'm able to deal with smaller ones now, but bigger, hairy ones... no way! I'm dreading summer because we always get these huge red colored ones all around the house. They build massive webs that won't break when you walk through them. Even my dad can't stand them and he can deal with any spider. Ewwwww... they're so icky, gross.... uck!

DEATH TO SPIDERS!

 

[kaabost]

Just so you know... NEVER look at anything called a 'clock spider' or 'camel spider'.

Now those camel spiders (they are arachnids but not actually spiders) are some fierce little creatures! They really have some scary looking mouth parts and an attitude to go along with them. Quite impressive!

 

[Shellie722]

Add me to the Awfully Afraid of Arachnids Society, please! I am petrified of spiders. I live in an older house and neighborhood and we get all kinds of different creepy looking spiders around here. And I'm always trying to look at them b/c I always worry that it wil be a black widow (have actually found 2 Black Widows- one in my bathroom and one in my laundry room) or a recluse and wanna make sure I get them before they get me! Add to that that I'm allergic to spiders and you can see why I'm so terrified!

 

[chichihoney]

sign me up for aaas

i was doing laundry. I dropped a detregant cap next to the washing machine i picked it up. a ironing board fell on my head.
their was a big big spider i called mom she killed it with my dad shoe. that spider was a mutant spider it was big. no spiders will survie in my house. dog eat it cats eats it or cat toy dog toys
my friends laugh at me

 

[lisajl]

That Twilight Zone episode, yes, the guy did get eaten at the end of the story. BTW, that actor was none other than Capt. Kirk!
William Shatner was also the guy in the plane that saw the alien (or whatever it was) tearing apart the wing.

Hate those spider episodes!!

 

[helenabear]

Add me to this list as well... scared to death of them!!!!! So much so even reading some these posts are making me feel uneasy. WIsh I knew how to change all that, but since I don't, I'll just get my husband to take care of them for me

 

[joats]

I read this post when I woke up (thank goodness or I would have had nightmares had I read it last night).

I then took a shower. When I turned away from the water I noticed a spider on the tiles crawling down in my direction.

Quickest shower I ever took. Sprayed him with "kaboom" bath cleaner and poured water on him till he went down the drain. I let the hot water run for 5 minutes.

I swear the post is HEXED!!

I am clearly "not one with nature". ICK!!! Bugs, spiders...DIE DIE DIE!!

 

[chell]

Originally posted by Lanshark
KILL THEM ALL!!!

Squish them
Swat them
Spray them
Flush them
Scald them

Whack them
Smack them

Let the cats eat them

I really don't care how they die I just want them DEAD!


OK.....I feel much better now.
:space:

Here is one post I was able to read.

 

[grinningghost]

Originally posted by joats


Quickest shower I ever took. Sprayed him with "kaboom" bath cleaner and poured water on him till he went down the drain. I let the hot water run for 5 minutes.

Now that's what I like to hear! Quick thinking!

And good to let that hot water run, because you never know for sure with spiders. Sometimes they can survive serious trauma - we can't have that.

 

[grinningghost]

SPIDER ALERT - I always check my walls and ceilings before going to bed - for spiders of course. DH thinks I'm crazy and it gets him a little peeved sometimes.

Well, good thing I check. Because right above my where I sleep, on the ceiling, was an ugly black spider. DH just came off a 29 hour shift and was snoring like the freight trains that he works on - so I couldn't wake him to kill it.

I HAD to kill it myself. I smushed him in a paper towel. Then I showed the corpse to DD, so she could back me up that spiders DO exist in my bedroom before bedtime. It was pretty gross.

Anyone else have any recent spider stories they need to share?