As a child I was so afraid of spiders that I had to leave or was unable
to enter a room where I saw one. I grew out my phobia of spiders as I
grew up, but I was bitten by a Brown Recluse spider several years ago.
It made me really sick for a few hours, and paralysis set in my arm and
hand, after a few days, but after a round of antibiotics, I was
OK...until I saw another one in my bathroom! I freaked out so badly
that I began screaming, and was so paralyzed by fear that I couldn't
move. Fortunately for me, my roomy had no such phobia, and after
coaxing me out of the bathroom, took care of the spider.
I no longer fear spiders and don't even bother killing it if I see one
in my house. Then, the other night, I felt a tingling sensation on the
side of my leg, as if an insect was crawling on me. I looked, but
nothing was there. The tingling stopped, then started again a few
seconds later, and this time, the old familiar fear that it was a
spider crawling on me rose up inside me, and a few seconds later, I
panicked and began fighting off invisible spiders!...

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