I was mentioning to another 43Ter, and the only way I have improved my fear is by exposing myself to spiders as much as possible.

Now, if that is your gorgeous little baby in the pic, I would get your munchkin to assist with this one. Kids generally find bugs interesting. Try to discover spiders through a child’s eyes. If there is a web outside, explore it with them.

Don’t get me wrong. I still have my freak-outs when one of those creepy things decides to pop out of nowhere. But, I can at least talk myself down from the panic to something resembling a normal reaction. By normal I mean putting a glass over it until it suffocates (Sorry, spider lovers).