I'm arachnaphobic and playing skyrim

Post » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:13 am

Eww! Good thing is that insects can't grow much bigger than that.
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Julia Schwalbe
 
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Post » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:33 am

Eww! Good thing is that insects can't grow much bigger than that.
I have a book about prehistoric creatures that has a chapter about the age before non-insects really had much of an existence. That time of prehistory had giant insects. I cannot look at the page of it without being scared. There's a giant millipede in the picture, which is terrifying. There's even a giant scorpion, which is very terrifying. I don't even want to imagine what a cockroach looked like back when they could be giants.

My favorite pictures to look at in that children's book is the really melty looking Earth, though. Imagine if someone made an animation out of that. The book was more of a collection of website links thrown onto pretty pictures.
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Post » Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:33 am

The spiders are pretty creepy in this for most people i think. Hate their lunge attack, catches you out :sad:
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Julie Ann
 
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Post » Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:39 am

Oh not not these guys again......
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Reanan-Marie Olsen
 
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Post » Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:09 am

I run out of the room in my house when there is a spider on the wall, but I am not the slightest bit bothered by them in skyrim ... im pretty sure i'd keg my pants in real life if I saw a pack of wild wolves running towards me but they give me no chills in a video game.
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Maria Garcia
 
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Post » Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:38 am

I hate spiders...big time. If I have a friend over they become the dedicated 'there's a spider on my wall, please go kill it'. Yeah I'm a girly girl when it comes to spiders. But if worse comes to worse, with knocking knees I'll attempt to squish them where they stand. If they fall to the floor it becomes a no question stomp fest.

In game, I'm fine. They are creepy looking, sure, but I can hack and slash them no problem...or long range them with the bow :)
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Post » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:25 am

I am not that much of an expert at phobias.

Although I do used to know a child who had Necrophobia, he was about 10 and I was about 5 I believe.
Now I told that I do not like corpses either, but that is just because they sometimes look...beaten up which somehow creeps me out a bit.

But he had it way worse. He would feel very uneasy and scared when he even saw something like a graveyard from far away. A dead fly would scare him to.

He also had Antophobia, he used to be obsessed with it and keeps thinking he could die in any seconds. It often resulted into emotional troubles such as crying or anger. I did not knew much about it since I was only 5.
I am wondering where he is now...I haven't seen him after he moved to another country in that same year.
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Post » Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:10 am

Bring a follower with you or else conjure up some allies. You can order them to attack the spiders directly while you stay back and use spells or arrows.

Other than that, there's really nothing much you can do.
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Dan Wright
 
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Post » Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:47 pm

I wouldn't say I have a phobia of any insects, but my general rule of thumb is, the more legs something has, the more I dislike them.
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Post » Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:39 am

Conjuration is your friend. My Dremora Lords could care less about spiders. That's your best bet.
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