Arachnaphobia. To the extreme?!

Arachnaphobia. To the extreme?

okay, I have arachnaphobia. I am very very very scared of spiders. I cant be in the same room as one. I will start shivvering and get goosebumps. I cant stnd them. People think im paranoid. Its very scary. If i see a spider, im outa that room for hours (even days). I always check the walls and corners on the cieling!i hate spider movies. Spiders make me freeze up too! i tried facing my fears by looking at pictures of them, but hen i cant go back on the computer beacuse there is big spiders on the screen! i ths normal? how do I fix it?

I went through this and to a certain extent I still am

When I saw a spider I would have a panic attack
so bad that I could not breath
and I would eventually pass out

we live in the country side and there are tons of them

what helped me did not happen on purpose
but one day in our house I saw a tarantula

I had my panic attack and stayed at a friends for a week

but the next time I saw a house spider it was not so bad

I make someone else deal with them but I know longer pass out

How is your insurance

I have heard of bio-feed-back

first they teach you to relax
some people do not know how to do this well
so they hook up to heart and breathing monitors
you learn by breathing and controlling your heart beat and breathing

the next step is for them to bring in what you are afraid of
at first it is in the same room as you.

they next will bring it closer and closer

the plus to this is the machines let you know if your pulse or breathing is up or you are holding your breath

the other plus is it is not done in your home
so when it is done you can go back to your life

if you can not get this done


go to the library or some where else where they have pc's to a friends who is understanding would be a great place
and do what you did

you may first want to look at cartoon pictures of them
and work your way up

and remember to breath