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1. • • Fear of spiders becomes a phobia when it consumes your thoughts, interferes with your daily activities and keeps you from socializing with your family and friends. Symptoms of arachnophobia include sweating or shaking and tightness in your chest or rapid heartbeat.
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   What is arachnophobia & how does it affect your life?

   • Arachnophobia is the intense fear of spiders and other arachnids. Classified as a specific phobia, arachnophobia causes clinically significant distress that can affect quality of life. When in contact with or thinking about spiders, people with arachnophobia experience fear and anxiety almost immediately.

   Arachnophobia: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping

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   Do people with arachnophobia fear spiders?

   • Some people with arachnophobia only fear spiders, whereas others fear all arachnids, including spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions and daddy longlegs. Someone with arachnophobia will likely experience intense, overwhelming and irrational fear, anxiety or panic when faced with a spider or other arachnids.

   What is Arachnophobia? | Risks, signs, causes & treatment

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   What does Arachnophobia mean?

   • Arachnophobia refers to the intense fear of spiders, or spider phobia. While it’s not uncommon for people to dislike arachnids or insects, phobias of spiders can have a far more significant impact on your life. A phobia itself is more than just fear. It’s an intense and overwhelming emotion that can make you feel like you’re under a serious threat.

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   How do I know if I have Arachnophobia?

   • Your provider will make the diagnosis of arachnophobia if you have all of the following: Your fear of spiders is intense and has been present six months or longer. Your fear or anxiety is about a specific situation or object — in this case, spiders.

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   Does Arachnophobia have an evolutionary basis?

   • Arachnophobia may have an evolutionary basis. Multiple research studies have shown that a fear of spiders may be innate, with babies as young as six months old showing stress or fear responses when shown a picture or video of a spider.

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   Can Arachnophobia be controlled?

   • Someone who is arachnophobic may never come to actually like spiders, but, with help, they can learn to control their phobia. What Is Arachnophobia? “Arachnophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of spiders or arachnids like ticks and scorpions,” explains Maha Zayed, Ph.D., director of The OCD & Anxiety Center in Oak Brook, Illinois.

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   Sep 2, 2021 · Arachnophobia is an intense fear of spiders. What makes it a phobia is that the level of your fear of spiders doesn’t match the actual danger posed by spiders.

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   Aug 22, 2022 · Arachnophobia is an extreme and overwhelming fear of arachnids, most commonly spiders. Some people with arachnophobia only fear spiders, whereas others fear all arachnids, including spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions and daddy longlegs.

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   Arachnophobia, or a fear of spiders, is an intense and overwhelming response to arachnids. A mental health professional can help you work through this phobia.

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   Sep 1, 2024 · When in contact with or thinking about spiders, people with arachnophobia experience fear and anxiety almost immediately. This article discusses the symptoms and causes of arachnophobia, as well as treatments and coping mechanisms that may help.

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   Sep 21, 2023 · Arachnophobia is an intense fear of spiders; not liking them is not the same as having a phobia. Experts emphasize that having this phobia can impact daily life.

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   Jul 30, 2020 · Arachnophobia is an extreme fear of spiders and other arachnids. It can cause symptoms such as sweating, dizziness, and nausea. Treatments may include therapies such as exposure therapy.

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    Apr 12, 2023 · Arachnophobia is an intense and excessive fear of spiders. Though it is common for people to feel uncomfortable and fearful around spiders, those with arachnophobia will note powerful anxiety that disrupts their daily functioning.