MankyCat
September 11th, 2006, 01:15 PM
Okay, this is something I've noticed since I was young. Honestly, it's not a good situation for a child or young woman who was arachnophobic. I have this phobia mostly under control now (though ticks are another story and with good reason!).
Why is it that spiders seem to seek me out. Almost all the time. If there's a spider in the house, it's in my room or the room I frequent most. Now that I have my own apartment, the spiders decided it would be a good idea to set up home around the outside entrance (which leads to a shared stairway with the person below me... though they never use that door). Webs slowly being put up everywhere, even when I try to move the spiders outside (or have my boyfriend do it more likely) and sweep out the webs. My neighbors below and beside me don't have that many spiders, but they are all over where I'm at. We don't live in a way that would be thought to be conducive to spiders. I even found one in my pantry... one that we use often (I would have been less surprised if it were one of the pantries we rarely use).
Now, none of that might seem odd, even when taking into account that it's always where I live that these little critters seem to take up home. (Heck I remember at my fathers house when my room was infested with baby spiders... I was farely young at that time too... maybe 10 or so.)
The odd part is that when the spiders actually seem to seek me out. They run towards me, even when I try to shoo them the other way. They seem to prefer running to me over running to anyone around me. I've had them lower themselves over me, crawl along a wall or the ceiling towards me... If there's a web, I'm always the one that walks into it (sometimes picking up a little hitch hiker along the way). Doesn't matter where I'm at or how many people are around, I'm always the one that the spiders head for.
Keep in mind, I do appreciate what spiders do for us and what they symbolize. In most cases I find them absolutely beautiful, but that doesn't make me feel any more comfortable around them, even though I'm to a point where I can look closely at them to get a better view of their markings and such. Then again, if they jump at me or move suddenly (you know, that fast moving around they can do), I just might run away with a possible scream included.
As a side note, they are around all year round, so it's not just the cooling of the weather though I tried to believe that for some time.
(Now ticks, even though I don't think they are closely related to spiders, have been noted to do the same with me. Others won't get a single tick from being in a location for hours, but I'll end up with 5+ whether I'm out there the same amount of time or only who up for a small fraction of that time.)
So if anyone can shed some light on this, I'd appreciate it.
(And if this belongs in another area, I apologize.)
Why is it that spiders seem to seek me out. Almost all the time. If there's a spider in the house, it's in my room or the room I frequent most. Now that I have my own apartment, the spiders decided it would be a good idea to set up home around the outside entrance (which leads to a shared stairway with the person below me... though they never use that door). Webs slowly being put up everywhere, even when I try to move the spiders outside (or have my boyfriend do it more likely) and sweep out the webs. My neighbors below and beside me don't have that many spiders, but they are all over where I'm at. We don't live in a way that would be thought to be conducive to spiders. I even found one in my pantry... one that we use often (I would have been less surprised if it were one of the pantries we rarely use).
Now, none of that might seem odd, even when taking into account that it's always where I live that these little critters seem to take up home. (Heck I remember at my fathers house when my room was infested with baby spiders... I was farely young at that time too... maybe 10 or so.)
The odd part is that when the spiders actually seem to seek me out. They run towards me, even when I try to shoo them the other way. They seem to prefer running to me over running to anyone around me. I've had them lower themselves over me, crawl along a wall or the ceiling towards me... If there's a web, I'm always the one that walks into it (sometimes picking up a little hitch hiker along the way). Doesn't matter where I'm at or how many people are around, I'm always the one that the spiders head for.
Keep in mind, I do appreciate what spiders do for us and what they symbolize. In most cases I find them absolutely beautiful, but that doesn't make me feel any more comfortable around them, even though I'm to a point where I can look closely at them to get a better view of their markings and such. Then again, if they jump at me or move suddenly (you know, that fast moving around they can do), I just might run away with a possible scream included.
As a side note, they are around all year round, so it's not just the cooling of the weather though I tried to believe that for some time.
(Now ticks, even though I don't think they are closely related to spiders, have been noted to do the same with me. Others won't get a single tick from being in a location for hours, but I'll end up with 5+ whether I'm out there the same amount of time or only who up for a small fraction of that time.)
So if anyone can shed some light on this, I'd appreciate it.
(And if this belongs in another area, I apologize.)