I know that the fear of spiders is common, but does anyone know the reason why?

Question Answered by by Paul Douglass

Quite a complicated one to answer, but the fear of spiders, mice, cockroaches, death, cancer, police etc can often stem back to a 'fear of bring out of control'.

If you ask anyone with a fear of spiders what it is about a spider that they don't like, they'll often say something like "they run fast", "they're unpredictable" etc... making the person feel 'out of control'.

As I say, it's a tough one to answer on here, but here's a couple of paragraphs that I wrote about it once...

"Phobias are often caused in childhood, where the child experiences a real fear, but the mind manages to detach (or repress) the feeling of terror, from the situation that caused it.

This leaves the mind with a strong fear, and nothing to attach it to. The mind doesn't like it this way, and will therefore, symbolically attach this fear, to a real object or situation that it does know about, be it a spider, an enclosed space, a lift... whatever it may find.

Whenever the person now comes into contact with the object or situation (say, a spider), they feel the fear that the subconscious mind has associated with it. and they have a 'phobia'."

There's much more info on the full page (mentioned in the 'source' below).

Hope that helps
Cheers
Paul

Question Answered by by Paul Douglass

Source:

http://www.avonhypnotherapy.co.uk/phobias.htm

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