Common Animal Phobias

I have Arachnophobia and it's horrible I always try avoid places with spiders and when someone shows me a picture of a spider I try my very best not to freak out. All because of a horrible experience with them. - CartoonsGirl

I have it. But a lot of people say 'they're afraid of spiders so they have arachnophobia' That's not true.
Arachnophobia really means that you hyperventilate when you get close to a spider, avoid places where they are, or even get scared when seeing a picture of a spider.

THAT'S arachnophobia. - Sjinkiie

I'm fine with spiders. They're harmless, and also useful if you have a fly problem. Arachnophobia would make sense in somewhere like Brasil, but here in England, there's no reason to fear spiders. - PositronWildhawk

I have Arachnophobia and when I saw a spider in my bath yesterday I was having a massive hissy fit trying to get someone to get it out! I was so scared

Same my bathtub was full of water and there was a brown recluse swimming around in the water I screamed and jumped out of the bath... I was reluctant to take another bath in that bath tub - Katekat123

Eeeew snakes!

I've had a fear of them getting into my shirt ever since exactly that happened. I had to thrust my shirt over my head on the street to get it off, after which my back looked like a flattened strawberry. I would not want that to happen again. - PositronWildhawk

This is my cousin. She runs away and locks herself in the bathroom until the bird is back in his cage.