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Yorick
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I was reading my Psychology book this morning in preparation for my final, and came across the bit about phobias, and the book had this to say.
Now, I know that I have a very very deep phobia of spiders. But not other arachnids. I can and have held scorpions, and even ticks don't bother me.
So here's my question.
How many of you are afraid of spiders (or arachnids), and is the fear rational or irrational?
- I will be breaking up the poll to list both spiders and arachnids, because of previously explained subject (myself) who fears one and not the other.
- When I say "rational" or "irrational", I mean, if you had a traumatic experience as a child where a spider bit your ****ing face, that's rational. If you are just plain afraid of them for no gorram reason, that's irrational.
- Believe it or not, this test does sort of matter to me, so honesty would be excellent.
- I'd appreciate people refraining from posting pictures in this thread. Links are all good. If you do post a picture I'll probably try to get one of the mods to change it or tar and feather you.
Thanks!
"People affected by phobias recognize that their fears are unreasonable, but they cannot control them. For example, a person with a spider phobia would find it impossible to ignore a picture of a spider, even though a photograph can't bite anyone"
Now, I know that I have a very very deep phobia of spiders. But not other arachnids. I can and have held scorpions, and even ticks don't bother me.
So here's my question.
How many of you are afraid of spiders (or arachnids), and is the fear rational or irrational?
- I will be breaking up the poll to list both spiders and arachnids, because of previously explained subject (myself) who fears one and not the other.
- When I say "rational" or "irrational", I mean, if you had a traumatic experience as a child where a spider bit your ****ing face, that's rational. If you are just plain afraid of them for no gorram reason, that's irrational.
- Believe it or not, this test does sort of matter to me, so honesty would be excellent.
- I'd appreciate people refraining from posting pictures in this thread. Links are all good. If you do post a picture I'll probably try to get one of the mods to change it or tar and feather you.
Thanks!