http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/12/09/snake-and-spider-fears-and-phobias-instinctive-or-learned/ That Pet Place Reptile Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/12/09/snake-and-spider-fears-and-phobias-instinctive-or-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-5055 jjj Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:35:28 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=725#comment-5055 My parents aren't really the "scream at spiders" type. They're outdoorsy, and so am I. But spiders still freak the hell out of me. I mean, I don't actually freak out if I see one, but I have very strong feelings against touching them. I don't know where I would have gotten that, if it's learned. Snakes don't bother me though. I love snakes. I want to love spiders, too. There aren't any poisonous ones around here. But it's just so hard to even bring myself to touch one unless it's tiny.. and looking at certain ones just makes me want to curl up and shrink away. It's just so unbelievably repellant. Like nothing else. I guess maybe it is the unusual shape.. the unusual legs, unusual movement.. but there are so many strange creatures, and no insects or other critters bother me like spiders. My parents aren’t really the “scream at spiders” type. They’re outdoorsy, and so am I. But spiders still freak the hell out of me. I mean, I don’t actually freak out if I see one, but I have very strong feelings against touching them. I don’t know where I would have gotten that, if it’s learned. Snakes don’t bother me though. I love snakes. I want to love spiders, too. There aren’t any poisonous ones around here. But it’s just so hard to even bring myself to touch one unless it’s tiny.. and looking at certain ones just makes me want to curl up and shrink away. It’s just so unbelievably repellant. Like nothing else. I guess maybe it is the unusual shape.. the unusual legs, unusual movement.. but there are so many strange creatures, and no insects or other critters bother me like spiders.

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