Anyway to avoid or remove spiders?

[OffTheMap]

Hello,

Severe arachnophobe here, there's a post like this for almost every game so I guess I'm the first for this one. I absolutely cannot play any game where there are enemies that trigger my phobia (and before anyone questions why or what arachnophobia is, it is an irrational triggering of a harsh, shocking, and sometimes even traumatic nervous response from seeing a spider, even if it presents no real danger). I would really love to play this game and I heard there are spiders so is there any way I could having to run into them?

Thanks for the sympathy and help in advance

[ShiZniTe]

you can either be an adult and realize they are in game spiders that quite literally are not something you should be afraid of...
or, you can gear up servants and send them to get silk worms for your scaredy cat self...

[Ansgar Odinson]

Originally posted by ShiZniTe:

you can either be an adult and realize they are in game spiders that quite literally are not something you should be afraid of...
or, you can gear up servants and send them to get silk worms for your scaredy cat self...

Phobias are irrational by definition. You cant reason your way out of them. This sort of dismissive comment is so wrong and ignorant, you should probably feel bad for embarrassing yourself.

Personally, I dont suffer from any intense phobias such as this, but for those that do it can be paralyzing. For some, all it takes is a static image. If that means that this game is not right for the OP, thats fine. If they can find a workaround that works for them, thats fine too. But no need to be a ♥♥♥♥ over something they cant control.

[Adun]

Originally posted by OffTheMap:

Woah wait, how would I do that?

When you create a new game (I'm not sure if it works for servers, I only play "private game"), you go to "Advanced Game Settings" and scroll down nearly to the end, where it says "Boss specific" . You enable that and can scroll through all bosses, "unlocking" them or changing their level. By enabling "unlocked", you will have the boss-specific skill and tech without having to kill it.

The amount of options customization in this game is awesome!

I'm sorry about the various idiots in this thread making fun of your phobia.

[Arran Chace]

I'm getting the fear, as i have a phobia as well, that i got after a life threadning situation i at my work while doing my job, so i just do anything to avoid getting into a situation that causes my phobia, in my cause that even led to a career switch, so i didn't get a job that put me right back in such situations, and my phobia lead to ackward moments with my co-workers and employer

Somehow guys like OP, know certain type of games have a high change of having spiders, yet they want to play it, and then whine about it how it triggers their phobia and have it changed.
If their Phobia was as bad as mine, they would avoid those games like the plague.

Sorry, if you have a Phobia, that is irrational.. you avoid it like the plague, even if avoiding it cost you dearly (yes my career change costed me dearly) and based on irrational behaviour, yet in my mind its logical.. I am afraid at that particulair part of my previous job to a point i freeze and cannot function normally, therapy didn't helped, the fear stayed.

In my Phobic mind, anyone how deliberate puts him/herself into a situation that can lead triggering that phobia, and then publicly cries about it, doesn't have a Phobia, but desires attention.

So yeah, i really understand the Phobia... i don't understand the deliberate putting themself into the situation and then complain about it.

[⎛⎝Duckers McQuack⎠⎞]

Originally posted by theworld:

>Anyway to avoid or remove spiders?

No, now it's time to get therapy or find the big boy pants.

You can't get therapy for a phobia that triggers instant flight response. I have slight phobia for spiders as well irl, but game ones doesn't affect me at all. But my GF's bee/wasp phonbia is to the point where complete irrational panic kicks in which they can't help with. So instead of being a inconsiderable bastard, try instead to understand.

[Spider]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝Duckers McQuack⎠⎞:

Originally posted by theworld:

>Anyway to avoid or remove spiders?

No, now it's time to get therapy or find the big boy pants.

You can't get therapy for a phobia that triggers instant flight response. I have slight phobia for spiders as well irl, but game ones doesn't affect me at all. But my GF's bee/wasp phonbia is to the point where complete irrational panic kicks in which they can't help with. So instead of being a inconsiderable bastard, try instead to understand.

I don't believe arachnophobia is a real phobia, nor is a fear of bugs. It is a phobia that is spawned from generations of misinformation. "ErMaGerhD It'S a SpIDeR!!!! It WiLl MaAKe Ur FlESH MeLt!!!!" There is literally like 5-10 spiders in the world that can actually cause medical damage, and only one of them is probably anywhere near most folks. So unless you live in Amazon rainforest, the jungles of Burma/Vietnam, or in the Sahara desert, you don't have anything to worry about.

EDIT: Sorry, or Sydney Australia. Before anyone hollers "Black Widow" They are the LEAST dangerous of the most venomous spiders in the world, and you'll only really find them if you are looking for them, or going through a closet you haven't been in years.

[theworld]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝Duckers McQuack⎠⎞:

You can't get therapy for a phobia that triggers instant flight response. I have slight phobia for spiders as well irl, but game ones doesn't affect me at all. But my GF's bee/wasp phonbia is to the point where complete irrational panic kicks in which they can't help with. So instead of being a inconsiderable bastard, try instead to understand.

I understand y'all major soft, confined within your limits.

[Spider]

Originally posted by theworld:

Originally posted by ⎛⎝Duckers McQuack⎠⎞:

You can't get therapy for a phobia that triggers instant flight response. I have slight phobia for spiders as well irl, but game ones doesn't affect me at all. But my GF's bee/wasp phonbia is to the point where complete irrational panic kicks in which they can't help with. So instead of being a inconsiderable bastard, try instead to understand.

I understand y'all major soft, confined within your limits.

This. No one is interested in facing fears anymore.

[ShAdoW - SWJ]

Overcome your fear by wasting the spiders in game, but if you get killed try an try again.

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by Spider:

EDIT: Sorry, or Sydney Australia. Before anyone hollers "Black Widow" They are the LEAST dangerous of the most venomous spiders in the world, and you'll only really find them if you are looking for them, or going through a closet you haven't been in years.

brown recluse. which, not to worry anyone, can decide to wander around in the right conditions. and likes to nest in places such as human clothing. not too hard to deal with them though, i've lived in several homes with infested attics.

also, hobo spiders (and others in the huntsman family,) tend to get shipped around the world by way of the fruit trade. while no hobo, i have come across a rather large non-native huntsman unexpectedly. that was.... unsettling.

black widows are also a lot more common than you give them credit for. they were absolutely everywhere outside of a gas station i used to work at. granted, it wouldent have been easy to get bitten, but you're kind of misrepresenting their habitat. they are more than happy to set up in places that even get full sun, providing there is an overhang to anchor their web to.

at least arachnophobia is a phobia that could possibly have some sort of basis in biology. unlike, say, the fear of clowns.

[Spider]

Originally posted by Terrorsaur:

Originally posted by Spider:

EDIT: Sorry, or Sydney Australia. Before anyone hollers "Black Widow" They are the LEAST dangerous of the most venomous spiders in the world, and you'll only really find them if you are looking for them, or going through a closet you haven't been in years.

brown recluse. which, not to worry anyone, can decide to wander around in the right conditions. and likes to nest in places such as human clothing. not too hard to deal with them though, i've lived in several homes with infested attics.

also, hobo spiders (and others in the huntsman family,) tend to get shipped around the world by way of the fruit trade. while no hobo, i have come across a rather large non-native huntsman unexpectedly. that was.... unsettling.

black widows are also a lot more common than you give them credit for. they were absolutely everywhere outside of a gas station i used to work at. granted, it wouldent have been easy to get bitten, but you're kind of misrepresenting their habitat. they are more than happy to set up in places that even get full sun, providing there is an overhang to anchor their web to.

at least arachnophobia is a phobia that could possibly have some sort of basis in biology. unlike, say, the fear of clowns.

Education is important. As I said. A brown recluse is only dangerous if you have an aversion to the venom. That's like saying bees are dangerous. Yeah. If you're allergic. There is nothing dangerous about huntsman spiders. Hobo spiders are right there with brown recluse.

A spider in the recluse FAMILY is dangerous, The six eyed sand spider, from the deserts of Africa. Brown recluse? No. You are really barking up the wrong tree trying to spout information about spiders. 99% of people think every single brown spider is a recluse.

I've read studies, bite reports, toxicology reports. Please do not open your mouth about your "knowledge" of anything regarding arachnids. I bet you think camel spiders are dangerous and as big as your foot too.

[theworld]

Originally posted by Terrorsaur:

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at least arachnophobia is a phobia that could possibly have some sort of basis in biology. unlike, say, the fear of clowns.

Why not clowns? Clowns have makeup with wild, distinct colors. Many very toxic toads and insects have vivid colors as a warning to predators.

[Spider]

Originally posted by theworld:

Originally posted by Terrorsaur:

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at least arachnophobia is a phobia that could possibly have some sort of basis in biology. unlike, say, the fear of clowns.

Why not clowns? Clowns have makeup with wild, distinct colors. Many very toxic toads and insects have vivid colors as a warning to predators.

I'm dying.

[william_es]

Originally posted by Spider:

Originally posted by theworld:

Why not clowns? Clowns have makeup with wild, distinct colors. Many very toxic toads and insects have vivid colors as a warning to predators.

I'm dying.

Uhm, there are people with fear of clowns (it's literally fear of a faceless humans, humans who don't seem human).

We had a friend who had it, and we found it out by accident.

We were all sitting around in the living room, and one guy's wife popped out of the kitchen with face makeup on (she coached a girls cheer team, and they'd had a spirit day). She begins to say something, and all we hear is this high pitched scream that just kind of ramped up and went into literally a pitch so high we couldn't hear it anymore. He was sitting in a big overstuff lazy boy style chair, and he just crab crawled backwards, right up the back of the seat until it tipped over backwards, and fell over.

Then he kept crawling backwards until his head hit the drywall. He hit it so hard, he busted the drywall in a patch the size of a dinner plate. Nearly knocked himself out. And all the wife had was white paint on her face, with two big red spots on the checks. That's it.

[william_es]

Originally posted by Spider:

Education is important. As I said. A brown recluse is only dangerous if you have an aversion to the venom. That's like saying bees are dangerous.

Wrong. Utterly wrong.

Brown recluse venom destroys nerves and causes necrosis. Basically the same active effect as leprosy.

My brother's business partner was bit on the top of one of his feet. Entire leg swelled up, and the foot ended up looking like a 10 lb ham. And even months later, the hole it left in the top surface of his foot made me want to gag every time I saw it. It was one of those things where it needed to heal from the bottom up.

Oh, and by the way, people have fatal reactions to bees and die. From a single sting. Anaphylactic shock. Some people are just born that way, and others can become sensitized by a single sting. Get stung once as a kid, and then 20 years later the 2nd time you get stung you literally can die from it. Hilariously, they found that the tests they used to do to see _if_ you were allergic to bee venom were actually causing people to become sensitized to it later on.

Anyways, stop repeating stuff you read off wikipedia like it's fact.