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I'm a qualified colour therapist and I'm doing a course in psychotherapy and councelling. i have the letters SNHS after my name which means i have a diploma from The School of Natual Health Sciences.
I have life experience in mental health, agoraphobia,bullying,parents divorce.


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I have a very bad case of Arachnephobia. I've always been afraid of spiders, but it wasn't always like a phobia. (Phobia here is defined as an irrational fear that interferes with normal living). It started about a year or two ago, when after a shower, I was toweling off, and there was a large spider on my towel. I hated spiders, so I flung the towel across the room, and spend the next half hour curled up, crying. It scared me half to death. Then later, my cousins and I went to a park, and there was a profusion of spiders. My little cousin Andy loves spiders, so he pointed out every single one. They were each about 4-6 inches long. After about five minutes, I couldn't take it anymore. I hid in the car and cried. Things reached their worse when last month, I woke to find a strange bite on my arm. I figured it was just a bug bite, and ignored it. By noon that day, the area near the bite had swollen into a huge bump, about three inches long and one across, and at least a half inch high. I was feeling naseous, and terrified. I was so afraid that I refused to sleep in my bed that night.

Things have just gone down hill from there. Some nights, I won't sleep because I am afraid of the spiders. I check my blankets almost every night, and sometimes sleep in another room. I shake my towel out before using it. I check the shower and garage for spiders before entering. I know this is irrational and abnormal, but somehow I can't help it. What should I do?

Just remember your not the only one with an irrational fear, Yours actually is very rational and common. i do what you do, check for spiders when i enter a room, and look round the room alot too and check bedding and stuff.
Because your fear is so extreme you need some kind of therapy, which made sound scary but some can do wonders.
Theres one called "thought field therapy" which is really effective and millions of people are being cured of their phobias from it, it can take less that an hour to cure although in extreme cases may take quite a bit longer, depending on how many times you had it and how regular. also "emotional freedom techneque" is a good one, the good thing about that is you can learn to do it on your self so when you feel panic if u see a spider you can do this "tapping" therapy on your self and feel better.
have a look on the internet for thought field therapy" and ""emotional freedom techneque" therapists in your area.
i had thought field therapy and that helped so much in less that a few hours x

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(Rating: 5) Thank you for the ideas. ^^
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