Posted by laural on October 27, 2000, at 10:41:44
In reply to Re: Phobias, posted by Ted on October 26, 2000, at 13:55:46
> 1. Spiders & spider webs. Caused by growing up in the Arizona desert with black widow spiders. My job around the house was to go out after dark with a flashlight & flyswatter and kill every black widow.
wow, that sounds like child abuse to me, and not just because i'm terrified of spiders--black widows are deadly, and easy to bump into with just a flashlight.
i think my terror must have had something to do with living in the woods--our house was infested with brown recluses. though they are not as poisonous, they really hurt and the skin around the bite decays in a really ugly big nasty way. they don't build webs but hide in cracks and clothes and paper, etc. everytime i got dressed i would have to shake out my clothes and shoes--putting on shoes still unsettles me, esp. if i havn't worn them for a while.laural
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