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Message: <blockquote data-quote="irishrover" data-source="post: 28205" data-attributes="member: 3094">Thanks for all your replies. Firstly I live near Neath.  My fear of spiders has changed over the years.  For example, when my boyfriend worked away and I found a spider in our bedroom, I closed the door and slept in the lounge until he came home!! So gradually I have desensitesed myself and now I can live with them and I don't actually freak out. Yesterday I moved a big pile of wood in the garage (where I knew spiders would probably be hiding), and a huge one crawled out, but I just waited until it had moved away and I carried on.  I am never interested in killing them. When I had the chance to hold a tarantula on holiday, I had to get my friend to hold my hand down so that the spider could walk across it while my boyfriend took a photo.  I remember that it felt like someone had brushed velvet across my skin and it was not at all what I expected.  But I've always felt that I cheated because I was being held.  So to face my fear properly I really want to do this without being forced.I agree that getting used to them first would be a good idea, so does anyone fance showing off their eight legged friend to me??</blockquote>