 Do you suffer from Arachnophobia?
Arachnophobia is the term given to an abnormal and persistent fear of
spiders. Sufferers from arachnophobia experience undue anxiety even
though they realize the risk of encountering a spider and being harmed
by it is small or nonexistent. They may avoid going barefoot and may be
especially alert when taking showers or getting into and out of bed.
This phobia was exploited in a 1990 movie called Arachnophobia.
"Arachnophobia" is derived from the Greek "arachne" (spider) and
"phobos" (fear). The Greek word was derived from the name "Arachne," a
maiden in Greek mythology whom the goddess Athena turned into a spider
after the girl, a skilled weaver, challenged Athena to a weaving
contest.
"Arachno-" is also part of the term "arachnodactyly" which refers to
long spider-like fingers and toes, a frequent finding in Marfan
syndrome, a heritable disorder of connective tissue.
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