According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), phobias are one of the most common mental disorders in the U.S. Roughly about 9% of people in the country have specific phobias but it's possible that in reality, this number is even higher because mental disorders are often under-reported in the States due to the stigma surrounding them.
Arachnophobia, or the fear of spiders and other arachnids, is one of the most prevalent phobias. Just the mere sight of a spider can trigger a fear response, and in some cases, even an image of an arachnid or the thought of a spider can lead to feelings of overwhelming fear and panic.
But spiders can creep out regular folks too. Especially when they are caught by surprise.
#1 Currently Renovating Our Floors. Seems Everyone Has Come Out Of Hiding
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#2 The Way This Spider Nested In A Beer Glass In My Garage
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#3 Went To Brush My Teeth This Morning When...
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#4 So I Found A Massive Rain Spider In My Bathroom
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#5 Heads Up
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#6 Play It By Ear
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#7 Glove Full Of Spiders
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#8 Woman Finds Black Widow Spider In Bag Of Grapes From Troy Walmart
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#9 Sour Grapes
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#10 They May Be Sans Pepins But They Ain't Sans Spider
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#11 Another Spider In The Car. Passenger Nearly Swung The Door Off
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#12 There’s A Spider In My AC
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#13 My Biggest Fear When Sitting Down On The Toilet...
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#14 Have Some Extra Flavor
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#15 Went To Go Take A Sip Of My Tea...
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#16 Walked Into A Spider-Web The Other Night. This Was At The End Of It...
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#17 Spider In A Snow Globe At Target
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#18 Thanks I Hate This Cluster
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#19 There's A Spider In My Tea
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#20 I Set Down My Drink And About Half An Hour Later A Spider Gave Birth On It
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#21 Cookie Monster
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#22 Found A Dead Spider Inside My Orange
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#23 You Know The Type
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#24 Went To Take A Drink Of Water From My Cup And Saw This
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#25 This Huntsman Spider Was Trying To Connect To The Web
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#26 A Spider Is Stuck In My Cars Speedo, And I Have No Idea How To Get It Out
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#27 There Was No Other Way
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#28 Got In My Car Last Night, Turned Around And Saw This. Australia’s "Huntsman" Spider. A Big One
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#29 Web Of Lies
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#30 This Spider Hiding In My Garden
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#31 Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
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#32 Absolute Best Way To Handle This
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#33 Yikes
#34 In Case You Couldn't Tell How Big The Spider Is
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#35 I’m Not Going Into The Kitchen Today! Ask Him To Make You Something
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#36 Yep. That Is Your Drawer Now. Wolf Spider Is Harmless But He Mentally Kicking My Butt
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#37 This Spider Who Made A Web Bubble To Hide In Plain Sight In My Stairwell
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#38 This Spider On My Back Porch Disguises Itself As A Stick To Fool Prey
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#39 A Spider Spun It's Home Under A Bottle Top Left On My Table Outside
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#40 Took A Photo For Biology Class, Noticed The Spider Sitting On The Seed After School
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#41 Found A Dead Little Spider Hanging Inside My Monocular Today. Bit Annoying
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#42 Found A Spider Bro Next To My Bed. Sorry No Banana For Scale.
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#43 I Found A Spider In A Tractor Pin At Work Today
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#44 White Spider I Found Above A Ceiling In A School. He Blended In Perfectly With The White Wall.
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#45 Found A Spider Inside The Rice Bag
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#46 Anyone Know What Kind Of Spider This Is?
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#47 Not The Best Thing To See While Trying To Open My Front Door
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#48 In My Fridge (I Am Terribly Afraid Of Spiders)
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#49 This Spider Hid In My Drink And Bit My Lip When I Went To Drink It
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#50 [tw: Big Ass Spider] Found In A Spinach Meal At Chowking
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#51 I Put My Eye Up To This Eyehole Before Realizing A Spider Was Chilling In It
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#52 There Was A Spider Under The Display Cover Of The Microwave
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#53 Held Hostage By A Giant Spider...
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#54 A Spider Crawled Into Our Clock In The Middle Of The Night And Stopped Time!
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#55 Spotted A Spider On A Traffic Light The Other Day And Decided To Snap This Cool Pic
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#56 She's A Model And A Survivor
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#57 I Found A Black Widow Spider In My Shower Puff This Morning
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#58 Spider On The Inside Of My Blood Pressure Monitor Display
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#59 I Sucked Up A Spider A Week Ago And He's Been Living Inside My Vacuum Eating Other Bugs
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#60 So, My Worst Nightmare Happened Today, A Spider Fell Into My Ear While I Was Sleeping
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#61 My Wife Found A Spider Inside Of Our Rice Cooker
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#62 My Cheese Has A Spider Smushed In It
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#63 Found A Spider At The Bottom Of My Coffee Pot After Drinking My Morning Brew
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#64 Found This Inside My Coffee Machine. I’ve Been Drinking Spider Coffee
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#65 Just Found A Big Wolf Spider In My Pillow - After I Woke Up. This Is How I Found It, It Was Still Alive - Just
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#66 A Spider Walked Along My Copy Of "This Book Is Full Of Spiders"
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#67 A Spider (Or Some Other Bug) Decided To Make A Web In My Shoe.
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#68 This House Is One With Nature
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#69 I Looked Over And There Was A Spider In My Bed With Me
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#70 Spider Destroyed Itself With Fire By Hiding In The Oven
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#71 Big Spider Hiding
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#72 There Is A Spider In My TV. It Crawled In Deeper Shortly After I Took This Pic
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#73 Large UK House Spider Got Into My Toilet Light And Then Died. Not Looking Forward To Bulb-Changing Day.
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#74 Perfectly Camouflaged Spider On My Cannabis Plant.
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#75 A Spider Came Out Of My Kettle, That Was My Last Tea Bag.
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#76 Found The Spider That Was In My Room Again, Guess She Likes Bees.
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#77 Wolf Spider Moved Into My Closet. Guess I Need To Find A New Place To Live Now.
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#78 I Thought This Spider Was Catching Little Flies On My Bathroom Ceiling, Then I Took A Picture And Zoomed In. Made This Discovery At 3:30am.
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#79 This Spider Was Somehow Dangling Outside Of A 70-Story Building
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#80 I Opened The Medicine Cabinet Last Night To Find This Spider In My Sealed Thermometer Case. I Couldn’t Figure Out How It Got In There Until It Squeezed Itself Out Of A Tiny Hole In The Tip...while I Was Holding It.
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#81 The Chocolate Covered Strawberries Were Fantastic. The Rose Petal Covered Bed Was Amazing. But, The Spider Covered Soap Might Have Been Going Too Far...
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