Arachnophobia Arachnophobia for years has plagued different people. It doesn't happen only to men, women, children, or old people; it happens to all kinds of people. The statistics do show however that about 80% of all reported cases of arachnophobia occur in females, and the majority of them are between the ages fifteen and sixty five. The symptoms of arachnophobia are the severe fear of spiders. A highly acclaimed movie was made called arachnophobia. This movie …showed first 75 words of 525 total…

…showed last 75 words of 525 total…continue for quite some time. It is indeed a bad phobia to have because studies have shown that at any one time, the average person is less than eight feet from a spider. Something like the fear on the ocean is easier to control because most people are going to know if they are within a hundred miles of an ocean at any time but could be sitting right next to a spider. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**