Phobias...

[TooCuteRose]

So I have a couple of Phobias...Not many...Thankfully...So here's my list...And the reasons behind them...Maybe someone has a clue on how I can get over it...
Limnophobia-Fear of Lake or Potamophobia-Fear of rivers...When I was 16...I had a horroifying experience of nearly drowning to death...The lifeguard on duty thought it was a prank until I went under the water and didn't come back up...

Arachnophobia-I'm freaking out even as I'm writing this...There's just something not right about a creature that has 8 legs...That move simultaneously...Or when you wake up in the middle of the night and there's not one or even 2 but three right by the foot of your bed...With their beady ugly eyes...and 8 spiny little legs...Oddly enough when I was younger I loved them...I even wanted a trantula...It wasn't until we moved into the country and they started attacking like little armies...That I became extremly fearful of them...Even have nightmares...

Then my worst one ever...
Fear of Centipedes-When I was 5 I was outside with my brother...We were playing commandos...And we were under a tent...When I felt something crawling on me...I was like 5...I took off my shirt...My grandmother screamed...And my brother slapped my back...Well brushed it really hard...I had one of the ugliest critters crawling on me...Luckily enough it didn't bite me...Well about 1 yr ago...I woke with one on my face...Ok eww...I didn't sleep for about 36 hrs straight...

Does anyone know how to conquer them???

[forkintheroad]

I think that with increased exposure you can get more used to things like spiders, although it can be such a slow process.  I hope you don't get those big house spiders (like 2/3 palm size)?  It was only a few years ago that I started seeing those in the house I was staying, damn I hated that.  But yeah, I find that with this exposure, the smaller spiders don't concern me as much as they did.

P.S. you said centipedes is your worst phobia.  But although you're most scared of them, I presume centipedes are much less common indoors than spiders, so in an overall sense wouldn't your fear of spiders be more annoying?