Exposure. Same as with anything, really. I used to be squeamish about them, but these days I can have a dozen of the guys running around on me after walking thr

Exposure. Same as with anything, really. I used to be squeamish about them, but these days I can have a dozen of the guys running around on me after walking through a cobweb, and I instead just marvel at these tiny and bizarre creatures to whom I am equally giant and bizarre. I think there are some VR experiences specifically intended to help with arachnophobia through exposure - I can’t speak to their efficacy, but I can speak to the efficacy of exposure in general to overcome a fear. I guess it also helps that there are precious few venomous spiders around here, and those that there are won’t do you any more damage than a bee sting, and only then if you mortally threaten them.