Spiders,
how do people feel about them I wonder... do you love them or hate them or fear them?
I struggle
with spiders. I love nature and all animals, birds and bugs but I do have
a problem with spiders. For some reason I just cannot get on with
them. It didn't come from my parents as neither of them were bothered
in the slightest by spiders.
I think it may all stem
from an incident when I was five years old when a massive black thick
legged spider fell on me from the ceiling into my bath- what a shock!
What was that !! I never moved so fast! Anyway since that day I was
afraid of them.
However no matter how I felt there was
no way I could kill a spider or let anyone else kill a spider. So
from that day all seen spiders had to be carefully and gently caught
and taken outside to a nice safe place in the garden.
It's a phobia and can be
overcome and after making a concerted effort to face my phobia these
days I am a little better -well a lot better- with spiders and can
even catch and release little ones myself. However the big ones I
still cannot live with or handle. I am working on it!
I
admire spiders and they are an intricate and essential part of nature. I love the intricate webs you can see with the dew
drops or frost highlighting them. Some webs are simply beautiful to look at. I can totally appreciate them as a part
of nature...
We have so many spiders of all varieties in our garden. I see them there all the time and outside they do not worry me at all.I am perfectly happy with spiders of any size and shape if they are outside in the garden or in the countryside but not so much if they are in my home! I do appreciate them, I just have to work a bit harder to love them.
So how about you, do you live happily with
spiders or do you struggle with them?