NOT be afraid of spiders!

I’m going to start by looking at British spiders on the internet and learning more about them. My end goal is to be able to pick up a house spider and put it outside.

I’ve been scared of spiders since I was 5 years old, after a Daddy Long Legs (not really a spider… but oh well) crawled on me and I couldn’t get it off.

I’m 16 now, and just recently got over my fear. I started taking macro shots of spiders I see, then trying to identify what kind they are. It helps to keep me involved in spiders, and appreciate them.

I remember when I just had my first own house I was sitting watching TV when I heard (heard!) spiders walk in my rice paper lamp. I saw their shadows on the wall! I called my parents but they weren’t able to come over, so I had to solve this myself. I sprayed a lot of insect spray in the lamp and when the spiders fell out of the lamp I first ran and then came back to beat them to dead. I remember I kept beating just to make sure they were absolutely not alive!
I know some zoo’s give a course where you can learn not to be afraid of spiders, but as far as I know not here in the Netherlands. They start with a small spider in a jar and at the end of the course there are people who even let a tarantula or something like that walk on their hand.

itsy bitsy spider climp up the water …... :)

I killed a big spider the other day, I’m so proud of myself considdering how big they get in england now, I did it with my hoover mind but still I wouldnt look at one a yr ago, I’m getting better with my fear of them now.