digger Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 whilst browsing the topics a spider the size of a dinner plate climbed the wall next to my computer.ok,slight exagerration but after running into the garden and waiting for the dog to deal with it it dawned on me that i need to overcome my terror.i kid you not when i say i am typing this crouched in a chair with one eye on the wall and the back door open.does anyone have a good way for me to combat this phobia ? i know that behaving like a man not a little girl is the first step :*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 get a tank full of spiders and spend a minute in it each day or get a spider and start off in the same room as it and then get closer and closer till you feell you can kill it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 get closer and closer till you feell you can kill it Why kill spiders, what harm do they do? Personally i like to see the odd spider around the house, just wish they would catch more of the flys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted August 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 a tank full ? no way ! the one i saw is now under my computer table,even the dog is scared of it.is it possible to sleep in a chair ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdfish Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Digger there is a new shop opened in Stockport in the building that used to be the petshop. It seems that the previous owner left some tanks as this new wallah has got himself a spider . It is a baby now and only 6" big but will grow, he confidently tells me to 12". If you like I could arrange a trip but I will not be able to accompany you as I will be standing on a nearby chair screaming. jimDfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxidermy dave Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 im excactly the same cant stand the bloody things i can just about manage the little money spiders thats it,the worst ones are the ones you get under stones and slabs and the like,they dont as much run more jump ,scurry then stop and do it again,or the big **** wolf spiders you get in hedgerows ill be having nightmares now cheers lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I'm surprised at how many fully grown men are actually scared of spiders! My brother is 20yrs old, 6'3, and I'm still removing spiders from his bedroom at night. My other half isn't to keen on them either! What do you find so awful about them? At the end of the day they're not going to hurt you! ...I heard that in a lifetime, you eat 8 spiders when you are asleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I know you guys think I am a saddo but i used to collect Butterflys, Moths, Beetles and Spiders when I was a teenager... I had hundreds of them in a entomologists sideboard. Plus a victorian collection of wild birds eggs ( over 300) which I had to surrender... The spider you see in the House at this time of year is the harmless House Spider.. Tegenaria Gigantica. They look pretty fearsome but they dont bite and can be picked up in cupped hands and will sit quietly in the dark. Dont chuck em out the window because they will not survive long outside the house. Stick em in the shed or garage. Digger there is no easy way to overcome a spider phobia other than taking the plunge and handling one. I give you my word that the House Spider is as scared of you as you are of it. They generally mate around August to October so the common sightings at the moment are probably males looking for females. I once made the mistake of cupping a very large Gigantica and dropping it into the hands of a female work colleague who went into a sort of cataleptic trance and then started shaking viloently and foamed at the mouth... When she came out of it about 1 hour later she said she didnt really like spiders and had changed her mind about coming to the pictures with me that Friday... I wonder why. When my boss found out about it he went ape ****.... I think he wanted to take her to the pics as well!!! I hope you can overcome your fear... Ive got a few pickled specimens if you want them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Dont chuck em out the window because they will not survive long outside the house. Stick em in the shed or garage. I think this is a bit unlikely if they are scared of spiders! When I remove them I usually chuck them out of the window, and not meaning to sound callous, but I'm not to worried about the little spider not making it! :*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyni Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Funny enough I have seen 4 of these massive spiders in my house in the last week. There leg span (new mesurement for size of a spider) is about 2.5" round. Is that the ones FM. They can run like ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Thats the ones mate... The greyhounds of the spider world. My old gran had a saying.... "There goes Mister long legs.. keeping death from the door, let him go on his way and worry not no more" Worked for her and her sister they lived to 98 and 101 respectively Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I think I'm going to stop chucking them out of the window from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I think I'm going to stop chucking them out of the window from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 ...I heard that in a lifetime, you eat 8 spiders when you are asleep. I'll never sleep again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Just keep your gob shut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Just keep your gob shut! WHAT !!! and then have them crawl up your nostrils? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Would any self respecting spider want to crawl up your nose Ern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 This is getting silly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcha Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Spiders crawling up your schnoz? Whenever i see a spider, i introduce them to Mr.Flytrap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Just keep your gob shut! Gots to have my yap open, else the snoring isn't so loud... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digga Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 its bad luck to kill spiders also they get rid of all the other bugs in the house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted August 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 thanks for the replies.gemma,i will be wearing full b.a. to bed from now on ! i know they cant hurt me but i still get the shivers when i see one.the one from last night my wife couldnt throw outside as none of our windows open wide enough ! being a builder means i come across them far too often and tend to get labourers to move anything that looks like it may contain one or more.ashamed to admit i felled a guy who knew of my fear and threw one at me. maybe a move to iceland is best,it must be too cold for them there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crowstopper Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 I don’t mind them normal and a bit big its when they go dinner plate size that I go get some bug spray and blast it . I know a bloke who’s in his 40’s and he can not stand them got bit by one when he was young and has ever since hated them. crow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled_cky Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 yeah as Gemma said, you eat an average of 8 and an average of 10 go over you when you are sleeping every night. Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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