God the memories. Lived in a house surrounded by banks of ivy and for whatever reason it attracted those things like none other (Giant House Spider).
The house at the time was also poorly insulated or sealed from outside. I’d find 1-2 every 2-3 days inside. They’d teleport across the house using the vent system too. One snuck inside my bath towel. I’d find them in the sink just chilling, they’d crawl across the bed sometimes, ugh.
Look, I know they’re harmless (to humans) and I know I’m being dumb, but spiders for some reason immediately cause a fight or flight response in me. Like, there were nights I’d see one and then I’d be unable to sleep the rest of the night and I’d have to keep the lights on just in case. My brain just absolutely breaks down when spiders are involved, it’s dumb, I know it, but I can’t seem to stop it and those particular spiders are just so unbelievably large that it scared the shit out of me.
Roaches? Snakes? Ants? Beetles? Scorpions? Literally anything else? I don’t care at all. Only spiders. No clue why.
God the memories. Lived in a house surrounded by banks of ivy and for whatever reason it attracted those things like none other (Giant House Spider).
The house at the time was also poorly insulated or sealed from outside. I’d find 1-2 every 2-3 days inside. They’d teleport across the house using the vent system too. One snuck inside my bath towel. I’d find them in the sink just chilling, they’d crawl across the bed sometimes, ugh.
Look, I know they’re harmless (to humans) and I know I’m being dumb, but spiders for some reason immediately cause a fight or flight response in me. Like, there were nights I’d see one and then I’d be unable to sleep the rest of the night and I’d have to keep the lights on just in case. My brain just absolutely breaks down when spiders are involved, it’s dumb, I know it, but I can’t seem to stop it and those particular spiders are just so unbelievably large that it scared the shit out of me.
Roaches? Snakes? Ants? Beetles? Scorpions? Literally anything else? I don’t care at all. Only spiders. No clue why.
That’s not dumb. Those a survival instincts.