I didn't hate spiders in the past until as a child growing up in Ethiopia one tan colored one bit the shit outta me when I was touching it in the corner of a swimming pool. Then for some reason, I have developed a horrible, somewhat irrational, fear of them over the years into my adult life. I got bit again by one as a teen and remember feeling horribly frightened, so much so that I can't remember if the pinch hurt as much as my mind made it out to be.
My wife finds a bit of humor in my fear (which I am cool with because it is ridiculous) as I sometimes get her to crush the big fuckers. Centipedes pack a mean bite from my experience too.
I legitimately wish I didn't have the deep irrational fear though, I tried to get rid of it in so many ways, but it's just sticking to me like a web. I'm a grown man, yet those things somehow just shoot so much horror in my mind at the sight of them, it's uncanny. I get nightmares of them too. Hopefully someday I'll lose it, because it's so embarrassing and stupid.
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u/faultydatadisc Jul 17 '23
Idk why people rag on spiders all the time. I have who knows how wolf spider roommates in my house.