I know it has nothing to do with losing weight - although I am sure I just shed at least 2 pounds - but I was just having a last surf before going to bed when I turned around and saw it!

No exaggeration 2 inches in diameter, beady eyes on stalks crawling along the wall straight towards me! Yep a hideous alien creature nameed SPIDER.

Unfortunately the only can of chemicals to hand was the last of my dry shampoo ( a must between classes) and I used it all before I rmembered where the spider killing stuff was!

So now not only do I have massve alpitations but I'll look awful after my morning classes, and I have a first meeting to host too!

Next Sunday I am going straight to bed,no passing GO, no collecting ANYTHING! I hate 'em.

P.S. I can still feel my skin crawling and I keep checking behind me - stupid or what?

Actually you can tell how jittery I am, so many spelling mistakes!!!!

hi stef i can cope with a stroppy teenager psycho dogs demented relatives upset neighbours but dont even ask me to look at those hideous things ,and with all the wet weather i think they have moved into my house and some of them are that big i think i can hear them tap dancing on my kitchen floor poor you lots of sympathy and big hugs

you know, I used to have a bit of a fear of spiders, until I had to deal with them myself.
I don't believe in killing them, it's unlucky y'know! and I'd rather have spiders than flies (YUK) I grab a large jar or pint glass, stick it over the top of them then slide a piece of card underneath, once they're trapped they don't seem half as scary, I mean, what must WE look like to them!!! lol.
I then let them go outside, good karma, all is well with the world !!

Sorry Mysticvix, I cannot do that.

I have had all sorts of intervention stuff from hypnotism to cognitive restructuring and I can still barely cope.

The chemical kill has only been possible for about 1 year. Before that I would just squeak (I couldn't manage a scream) and run! In front of a bus was preferable.

You see I have true arachnaphobia and am classified as a 'scanner', I pause at every threshold and scan the entire room to be sure it is safe to enter. I do this in a split second and not many poeple notice. Other people are 'blockers', they deliberately don't look around so's not to see anything lurking. The psychologist at Bristol Zoo assured me that I am doing everything possible and only time will tell!

Hopefully one day I will be able to do the kind thing. But not now! Just writing this has made my skin tighten and my heart race! Euuk! ICE CREAM CHOCOLATE BISCUITS..... yumm

oh yuck i HATE spiders...normally point one of the dogs in the spider direction and hope for the best

he he ill have to try that one ive got two dogs so hopefully one of them will get the message

Stef, I totally understand, I can cope with eight legged crawley things but DON'T ask me to deal with a stick insect, I go white, shake and then throw up.
Totally irrational, if you look at the size of them, then the size of me!!!

Spiders? "Shudder". I wish I wasn't such a fraidy cat but |I blame my poor Dad. Everyone thinks it is a female thing don't they. However, one day when I was young and mym mum was out at cookery class and my brother was out at cubs I noticed a mega huge brute on my wall. Naturally I asked my fearless dad to sort it out (being a right girly). He did not look too pleased whcih I took to meaning that I had dragged him away from his TV. In mum's bedroom was a dusting poweder box of Helena Rubinstein's heaven scent talc. He used that to collect the spider. Very clever I thought. When I told mum later she was amazed! Dad is absolutely terrifed of spiders apparently! He was once sucking a sweet that seemed a bit "hairy". Yep you guessed an incy wincy had got stuck to it. NO wonder he hates them!

Actually my brother and I used to race them in our bedrooms but I think this one was a lot bigger than anything I had seen before and now I know my bid fearloess dad is afraid well they must be monsters must't they. He has nightmares if he sees one even on TV.

Please don't kill them they do a lot of good. I am brave, I brush them into the bin and then run like a mad thing to the window and gently shush them out.

hey stef get your self a dog it really works !!!!! and on beatles as well

Rented house - no dogs allowed!

I have 2 rats - they just ignore them completely!

hey no probs ill post you my staff shell deal with them for you {i actually think she likes it}