What are some facts about arachnophobia?

Arachnophobia or the fear of spiders is the oldest and most common phobia in the Western culture. The word Arachnophobia is derived from the Greek word ‘arachne’ meaning spiders. The response to spiders shown by an arachnophobic individual may seem irrational to others and often to the sufferer himself.

Is being afraid of spiders a phobia?

Arachnophobia, otherwise known as spider phobia, is the intense fear of spiders and other arachnids. Classified as a specific phobia, arachnophobia causes clinically significant distress that can impact an individual’s quality of life.

Is fear of spiders common?

Around the world, between 3\% and 15\% of individuals have been diagnosed with specific phobias, with the fear of animals and heights being the most prevalent. 1 Keep in mind that while the fear of spiders is common, not every person who feels afraid or on edge around them has arachnophobia.

Are spiders really more scared of You?

1. Spiders are NOT ‘more scared of you.’ When have you ever seen a spider standing on a chair, weeping, ineptly throwing books at a human? NEVER, THAT’S WHEN. 2. You secretly know spiders can survive being vacuumed up, no matter how many times people tell you they’ve been mashed to a hairy pulp.

How many people do spiders kill each year?

While the data is not very clear, some reports suggest that spiders kill 7 people every year, which is way less than cows, which killed at least 20 people every year. Even the Wandering spider is rarely associated with any deaths despite only 0.6mg of its venom being proven to be able to kill a mouse.

Why are there so many spiders in my house?

Spiders are not the most welcome visitors in our homes as they tend to scare most people. They are actually not fond of humans either. The only reason spiders live and hunt in our homes is because we have encroached deep into their habitats, and our houses and household items provide warmer places to stay and breed.

Is the spider-sense a real thing?

The spider-sense is a real thing as well with studies showing that a spider can “sense” a threat in a video that was 10,000 frames a second and featured 1 single frame with a picture of a bird and the spider reacted to it. That is a reaction time of 200 milliseconds!