How To Cure Fear
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April 14th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
How to cure fear of spiders?
How do I cure my fear of spiders?
Please Help
I need some info, I have always been afraid of them.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:34 am
Arachnophobia is, in many cases, the result of a traumatizing encounter with spiders in one's early childhood, though the experience may not be remembered.
An evolutionary reason for the phobias, such as arachnophobia, claustrophobia, fear of snakes or mice, etc. remains unresolved. One view, especially held in evolutionary psychology, is that sufferers might gain some survival edge, by avoiding the dangers.
Spiders, for instance, being relatively small, don’t fit the usual criteria for a threat in the animal kingdom where size is a key factor, but most species are venomous, and some are lethal.
Arachnophobes will spare no effort to make sure that their whereabouts are spider-free, hence reducing sharply the risk of being bitten.
The alternative view is that the dangers, such as from spiders, are overrated and not sufficient to influence evolution. Instead, inheriting phobias would have restrictive and debilitating effects upon survival, rather than being an aid. For example, there are no deadly spiders native to central and northern Europe that could exert an evolutionary pressure, yet that is where the strongest fear for spiders began, suggesting cultural learning.
In contrast, many non-European cultures generally do not fear spiders, and for some communities such as in Papua New Guinea and South America, spiders are included in traditional foods.
Another suggested cause of arachnophobia is that it is a disorder of face perception in the affected individuals. In this theory, a person's brain is accustomed to the facial and body features of humans and vertebrates, including the abstract positions, shapes and numbers of eyes, nostrils, mouth, and the face of the wider recognizable body as a whole.
In non-vertebrates, and particularly so with spiders, the functions of eyes, mouth and legs may be recognized, but as they appear in the "wrong" shapes, sizes, amounts, locations, etc., the sight of a spider can trigger the brain to perceive a scary and disturbing image, triggering the release of hormones that produce an immediate and compelling fight-or-flight response.
As most sufferers of arachnophobia come from parts of the world where spiders are rare, then this theory reasons that young children who frequently encounter spiders are less likely to associate them as scary or disturbing sights, and are less likely to develop arachnophobia.
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:36 am
let one crawl on your face
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:38 am
touch it. make sure its not poison..
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:40 am
wacth spiderman movies comics anyting
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:42 am
i have the same problem just stay away from them take and put cloves in the corners of your rooms in your house you will never have spiders again
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:44 am
Crush the spider,…then tell it your sorry.
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:46 am
You probably can't. It is something that you have had for years, if not since birth.
I have a phobia with worms –there is no way, no how I could get used to seeing one.
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:48 am
Talk to somebody you know and trust for this.
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:50 am
This may not be practical… but I absolutely freaked (literally…. like panic attack!) Then my husband moved me out to the country and I was forced to get over it.. but maybe just spending more time out in the woods, and in nature… see if that helps… Good luck hon!
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:52 am
hun i dont think ya can….get a spray can of spider Raid and kill all the daddy long legs that u can…sometimes there hiding in the top corner of the room……oh anyways i herd that while ur sleeping u swallow 8 spiders year…they crawl in ur mouth while ur snoozing…i dont know if i believe it but….just sayin
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:54 am
kiss one and you would love it
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:56 am
Good question. When you find out then let me know. I hate spiders. Luckily my husband deals with the creepy crawlies in my house!
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April 15th, 2009 at 4:58 am
You can't cure that. Is a disgusting insect with 8 legs and can bite us and also some of them have poison. Well in my country they don't, but they are big and horrible.
Happy New Year! And new changes in your life for 2007
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April 15th, 2009 at 5:00 am
Try living without them… as in live with other bugs that spiders eat. Or better yet, just think about what it would be like in a world without spiders.
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April 15th, 2009 at 5:02 am
panthers shouldn't be scared of spiders
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April 15th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Immersion therapy. Look on the net at pictures of them, read all about them…learn all you can about them. After awhile, they won't be so scary anymore because your brain and self are so used to them they will be as common as potato chips.
Seriously, can you imagine being afraid of potato chips? Well you would be if you didn't know anything about them and their purpose…and spiders are the same way.
Hope this helps!
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April 15th, 2009 at 5:06 am
Systematic desensitization — This is a process in which a person with a phobia is gradually exposed to the feared item, in your case, a spider. You would first be asked to think of a spider when in a calm state and would stop thinking about it the minute you get scared. Then you would move on to seeing a spider - maybe even just a picture of a spider. Again, you would stop as soon as you get scared. Then you'd move on to seeing a spider in person. Then you'd see someone else close to the spider. Then you'd see the other person touching the spider. Then you would get closer to the spider. Eventually, you would be asked to touch the spider.
The good news is that treatment of specific phobias is often highly successful.
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i have a degree in psychology
April 15th, 2009 at 5:08 am
get a pet spider and name it and play with him/her you'll love spiders after that. (so i hear)
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ME
April 15th, 2009 at 5:10 am
Between 10 and 11 percent of people have a specific phobia, and approximately 4 percent of the population have arachnophobia. Like other phobias, it manifests itself as a persistent and irrational fear of the phobic stimulus, resulting in avoidance of places and situations associated with the stimulus, and overwhelming anxiety about encountering such a situation. Never knowing when one might encounter a spider may cause impairment in a variety of situations.
If you are restricted by arachnophobia, you may benefit from virtual reality therapy. Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) places you in a computer-generated environment where you can be safely exposed to spiders, thereby reducing your anxiety in stages, at your own pace. You wear a head-mounted display with stereo earphones that immerses you in the VR environment by providing you with both visual and auditory cues.
In this type of therapy, you will be exposed to a hierarchy of phobic situations designed to reduce your anxiety in gradual increments. This format ensures that anxiety at each level dissipates before you move to the next level. In this way, the connection between the stimulus and the phobic response is dissolved. If an increase in anxiety does occur, you may simply return to a previous stage and repeat it until you are able to progress successfully to the next stage.
The entire process lasts 8-12 sessions on average. The graded experience might include: standing across the room from a spider, standing next to a closed jar containing a spider, holding a closed jar containing a spider, holding an open jar containing a spider, touching a spider. These steps are customized for each individual.
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4 years training in psychology.
April 15th, 2009 at 5:12 am
touch one
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April 15th, 2009 at 5:14 am
let a daddy long leg crawl on your arm or buy a tarantula for a pet
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April 15th, 2009 at 5:16 am
study up on spiders. the more you know about something the less fearful you become
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April 15th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Get a pet spider.
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April 15th, 2009 at 5:20 am
I personally don't know anyone that likes them including myself but I have no choice but to respect spiders as they have purpose. I'm gardener with years of experience on what the "bad" bugs can do. Spiders are on the "good bug" list and are considered vital to the ecosystem of a successful garden. If one takes a Master Gardener course or reads a good bug vs bad bug book one can understand what seems bad sometimes turns out to be a blessing in disguise.
The same goes for gardener snakes…. which are actually called garter snakes. Around here they're called "George" and told to get back to work and stop bothering me ;D
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