Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia refers to a specific extreme and irrational fear of spiders that some people experience. Although it is normal for humans to experience a level of of dislike and fear of spiders, probably a built-in survival reaction from ancient times, arachnophobia is a crippling and paralyzing fear that calls for professional intervention, often in the form of desensitization training.

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