[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":136},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-en-arachnophobia":3},{"post":4,"related":86,"path":130,"pair":131,"otherIndex":134,"index":135},{"slug":5,"lang":6,"translation":7,"weight":8,"title":9,"description":10,"seoTitle":11,"seoDescription":12,"date":13,"updated":-1,"cover":14,"coverAlt":15,"tags":16,"accent":20,"game":21,"vrApp":22,"readingMinutes":23,"pieces":24,"toc":36,"faq":67},"arachnophobia","en","arachnophobie",30,"Arachnophobia (fear of spiders): meaning, causes, how common it is and how to overcome it","Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders, one of the most common specific phobias. What the word means, how to pronounce it, symptoms, causes, how common it is, a quick self-check, and how to overcome it.","Arachnophobia (Fear of Spiders): Meaning, Causes & Help","Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders. What it means, how to say it, symptoms, causes, how common it is, a quick self-check and how to overcome it.","2026-10-05","/blog/arachnophobia/cover.webp","Illustration of a small house spider on a web in the corner of a sunny window, seen from across a calm living room.",[17,18,19],"Arachnophobia","Fear of spiders","Phobias","#4aa8e8","vr-phobia","spiders",7,[25,28,30,32,34],{"kind":26,"html":27},"html","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders\u003C/strong>: an intense, lasting fear of spiders, out of proportion to any real danger, that leads people to avoid them. It is a \u003Cstrong>specific phobia\u003C/strong> of the animal type, and one of the best known. If you are wondering what the fear of spiders is called, the answer is arachnophobia; people also say spider phobia or simply being scared of spiders.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>This article is general information, not medical advice. If a fear of spiders affects your daily life, talk to a doctor or a therapist trained in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).\u003C/p>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"what-does-arachnophobia-mean\">What does arachnophobia mean?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Arachnophobia means “fear of spiders”. It joins the Greek \u003Cem>arakhnē\u003C/em>, “spider”, and \u003Cem>phobos\u003C/em>, “fear”, according to \u003Ca href=\"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arachnophobia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wiktionary\u003C/a>. The \u003Ca href=\"https://www.etymonline.com/word/arachnophobia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Online Etymology Dictionary\u003C/a> dates the English word to 1925, built from \u003Cem>arachnid\u003C/em>, the class of animals that includes spiders.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"how-do-you-pronounce-arachnophobia\">How do you pronounce arachnophobia?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Say it \u003Cstrong>uh-RAK-nuh-FOH-bee-uh\u003C/strong>, with the main stress on “FOH”. \u003Ca href=\"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arachnophobia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wiktionary\u003C/a> gives /æˌɹæk.nəˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"what-does-arachnophobia-feel-like\">What does arachnophobia feel like?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Symptoms appear near a spider, at the sight of a web, or just from thinking about one. The \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/phobias/overview/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS\u003C/a> lists the typical symptoms of a phobia:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>feeling dizzy or light-headed, a pounding or unusual heartbeat, tightness in the chest;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>feeling sick, trembling or shaking;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>severe anxiety, and an intense fear of fainting, losing control or dying.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Then comes \u003Cstrong>avoidance\u003C/strong>: checking rooms before entering, refusing to go into the garden, the cellar or the shed, asking someone else to deal with every spider, or leaving a room until it has been removed. Many people know the spider is harmless and still can’t stay near it.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"why-are-spiders-scary-to-so-many-people\">Why are spiders scary to so many people?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Spiders move fast and unpredictably, appear suddenly in homes, and have many legs and a body shape very unlike ours. One influential theory, from \u003Ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.108.3.483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Öhman and Mineka\u003C/a> (\u003Cem>Psychological Review\u003C/em>, 2001), proposes that humans evolved to learn fears of certain animals such as snakes and spiders more easily than fears of other things. It is a theory, not a settled fact, and it does not mean the fear can’t change: what keeps it going day to day is mostly avoidance.\u003C/p>\n",{"kind":29},"cycle",{"kind":26,"html":31},"\u003Ch2 id=\"what-causes-arachnophobia\">What causes arachnophobia?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>There is no single known cause. The \u003Ca href=\"https://www.msdmanuals.com/professional/psychiatric-disorders/anxiety-and-stressor-related-disorders/specific-phobic-disorders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSD Manual\u003C/a> states that the causes of phobias are unknown. The \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/phobias/overview/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS\u003C/a> notes that many phobias can be linked to a frightening event or a stressful situation, such as a frightening childhood experience with an animal, and that a phobia can also be learned from family or friends who have one. Phobias usually develop in childhood, the teenage years or early adulthood.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Whatever started it, avoidance keeps it alive: each escape brings relief, and the relief teaches you that escaping was necessary. Exposure research by \u003Ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2014.04.006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craske et al.\u003C/a> (\u003Cem>Behaviour Research and Therapy\u003C/em>, 2014) shows that new, safer learning happens when you stay and discover that what you expected does not happen.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"how-common-is-arachnophobia\">How common is arachnophobia?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Fear of spiders is among the most common phobias, especially in women:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>in a Swedish survey of 704 adults, phobias of animals, defined there as spiders and snakes, affected \u003Cstrong>12.1% of women and 3.3% of men\u003C/strong> at the time of the survey (\u003Ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(95)00048-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fredrikson et al.\u003C/a>, \u003Cem>Behaviour Research and Therapy\u003C/em>, 1996);\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>fears and phobias of heights and of \u003Cstrong>animals\u003C/strong> are the most common kinds of specific phobia (\u003Ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30169-X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eaton et al.\u003C/a>, \u003Cem>The Lancet Psychiatry\u003C/em>, 2018);\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>across 25 surveys in 22 countries, about \u003Cstrong>7.4% of adults\u003C/strong> have had a specific phobia of any kind at some point in their life, usually starting in childhood (\u003Ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717000174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wardenaar et al.\u003C/a>, \u003Cem>Psychological Medicine\u003C/em>, 2017); in the United States the estimate is \u003Cstrong>12.5%\u003C/strong> (\u003Ca href=\"https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/specific-phobia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NIMH\u003C/a>).\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Studies count spider phobia with other animal phobias or with specific phobias as a whole, so a precise figure for spiders alone depends on the survey.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"do-i-have-arachnophobia-a-quick-self-check\">Do I have arachnophobia? A quick self-check\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>This is not a test and it cannot diagnose anything. It follows the summary of the DSM-5-TR criteria for specific phobia in the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.msdmanuals.com/professional/psychiatric-disorders/anxiety-and-stressor-related-disorders/specific-phobic-disorders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSD Manual\u003C/a>, and only helps you decide whether to talk to a professional.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cform class=\"selfcheck\" aria-label=\"Fear of spiders self-check\">\n\u003Cfieldset>\n\u003Clegend>Tick what applies to you\u003C/legend>\n\u003Clabel>\u003Cinput type=\"checkbox\" name=\"q1\"> I have felt a marked fear or anxiety about spiders for six months or more.\u003C/label>\n\u003Clabel>\u003Cinput type=\"checkbox\" name=\"q2\"> Seeing a spider, or even a web, almost always triggers that fear straight away.\u003C/label>\n\u003Clabel>\u003Cinput type=\"checkbox\" name=\"q3\"> I avoid places where spiders might be, or I get through them with intense fear.\u003C/label>\n\u003Clabel>\u003Cinput type=\"checkbox\" name=\"q4\"> I feel the fear is out of proportion to the actual danger.\u003C/label>\n\u003Clabel>\u003Cinput type=\"checkbox\" name=\"q5\"> The fear or the avoidance causes me real distress or gets in the way of my daily life, work or social life.\u003C/label>\n\u003C/fieldset>\n\u003Cp class=\"selfcheck__note\">\u003Cstrong>This is not a diagnosis.\u003C/strong> If you ticked most of these boxes, or if the fear bothers you, talk to your doctor or a therapist trained in CBT. Only a professional can assess a phobia.\u003C/p>\n\u003C/form>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"how-to-overcome-arachnophobia\">How to overcome arachnophobia\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The best-supported way to overcome a fear of spiders is \u003Cstrong>gradual exposure\u003C/strong>, the core of cognitive behavioural therapy: you approach spiders in small steps, stay long enough to learn that the feared outcome doesn’t happen, and repeat until real encounters feel manageable. According to the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.msdmanuals.com/professional/psychiatric-disorders/anxiety-and-stressor-related-disorders/specific-phobic-disorders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSD Manual\u003C/a>, exposure therapy helps around 85% of people with a specific phobia, and even a single session can make a real difference. For spiders, a therapist-led \u003Cstrong>one-session treatment\u003C/strong> of real-life exposure, first described by \u003Ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(89)90113-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Öst\u003C/a> (\u003Cem>Behaviour Research and Therapy\u003C/em>, 1989), is the reference treatment that newer approaches are compared against.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Our step-by-step guide explains how to build a fear ladder, how long to stay, how often to practise and when to get help: \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"/blog/how-to-overcome-arachnophobia\">How to overcome arachnophobia\u003C/a>\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2 id=\"can-virtual-reality-help-with-a-fear-of-spiders\">Can virtual reality help with a fear of spiders?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Yes: fear of spiders is one of the phobias where virtual reality has been studied most.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>In a controlled study, 83% of people treated with VR exposure, over about four one-hour sessions, showed clinically significant improvement, against 0% on the waiting list, and nobody dropped out (\u003Ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0005-7967(01)00068-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garcia-Palacios et al.\u003C/a>, \u003Cem>Behaviour Research and Therapy\u003C/em>, 2002).\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>In a trial of 100 adults, a single automated VR session using consumer hardware brought large reductions in fear and avoidance, approaching the gold-standard real-life one-session treatment over time and found non-inferior to it at follow-up (\u003Ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.04.004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miloff et al.\u003C/a>, \u003Cem>Behaviour Research and Therapy\u003C/em>, 2019).\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>More in \u003Ca href=\"/blog/why-virtual-reality-works-for-phobias\">Why virtual reality works for phobias\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n",{"kind":33},"cta",{"kind":26,"html":35},"\u003Csection class=\"post__faq\" aria-labelledby=\"faq\">\u003Ch2 id=\"faq\">FAQ\u003C/h2>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"what-is-arachnophobia\">What is arachnophobia?\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders: an intense, lasting fear of spiders, out of proportion to the actual danger, that leads to avoidance. It is a specific phobia of the animal type.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"what-is-the-fear-of-spiders-called\">What is the fear of spiders called?\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>The fear of spiders is called arachnophobia, from the Greek \u003Cem>arakhnē\u003C/em>, “spider”, and \u003Cem>phobos\u003C/em>, “fear”.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"how-do-you-pronounce-arachnophobia-1\">How do you pronounce arachnophobia?\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>Uh-RAK-nuh-FOH-bee-uh, stressed on “FOH”. In phonetic notation: /æˌɹæk.nəˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"what-causes-arachnophobia-1\">What causes arachnophobia?\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>There is no single known cause. A frightening experience, fears learned from people around you, and possibly an evolved readiness to fear certain animals can all play a part, and avoidance keeps the fear going.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"how-common-is-arachnophobia-1\">How common is arachnophobia?\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>Very common. Animal phobias, spiders and snakes, affected about 12% of women and 3% of men in a Swedish survey, and animal and height phobias are the most common kinds of specific phobia.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"can-arachnophobia-be-cured\">Can arachnophobia be cured?\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>It responds very well to treatment. Exposure-based therapy helps around 85% of people with a specific phobia, and for spiders even a single long session with a therapist can be enough.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 id=\"does-virtual-reality-work-for-arachnophobia\">Does virtual reality work for arachnophobia?\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp>Spider phobia is one of the best-studied uses of VR exposure. Trials found large improvements, including with a single automated session, comparable over time to real-life exposure.\u003C/p>\n\u003C/section>\u003Csection class=\"post__sources\" aria-labelledby=\"sources\">\u003Ch2 id=\"sources\">Sources\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Wiktionary. “arachnophobia” (etymology and pronunciation). \u003Ca href=\"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arachnophobia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arachnophobia\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Online Etymology Dictionary. “arachnophobia”. \u003Ca href=\"https://www.etymonline.com/word/arachnophobia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">etymonline.com/word/arachnophobia\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>NHS. Phobias: overview. \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/phobias/overview/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nhs.uk\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Barnhill JW. Specific phobias. \u003Cem>MSD Manual Professional Version\u003C/em>, reviewed April 2026. \u003Ca href=\"https://www.msdmanuals.com/professional/psychiatric-disorders/anxiety-and-stressor-related-disorders/specific-phobic-disorders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">msdmanuals.com\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>National Institute of Mental Health. Specific phobia (statistics). \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/specific-phobia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nimh.nih.gov\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Fredrikson M, Annas P, Fischer H, Wik G. Gender and age differences in the prevalence of specific fears and phobias. \u003Cem>Behaviour Research and Therapy\u003C/em>. 1996;34(1):33–39. \u003Ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(95)00048-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doi:10.1016/0005-7967(95)00048-3\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Wardenaar KJ, Lim CCW, Al-Hamzawi AO, et al. 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Automated virtual reality exposure therapy for spider phobia vs. in-vivo one-session treatment: a randomized non-inferiority trial. \u003Cem>Behaviour Research and Therapy\u003C/em>. 2019;118:130–140. \u003Ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.04.004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doi:10.1016/j.brat.2019.04.004\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/section>",[37,40,43,46,49,52,55,58,61,64],{"id":38,"text":39},"what-does-arachnophobia-mean","What does arachnophobia mean?",{"id":41,"text":42},"how-do-you-pronounce-arachnophobia","How do you pronounce arachnophobia?",{"id":44,"text":45},"what-does-arachnophobia-feel-like","What does arachnophobia feel like?",{"id":47,"text":48},"why-are-spiders-scary-to-so-many-people","Why are spiders scary to so many people?",{"id":50,"text":51},"what-causes-arachnophobia","What causes arachnophobia?",{"id":53,"text":54},"how-common-is-arachnophobia","How common is arachnophobia?",{"id":56,"text":57},"do-i-have-arachnophobia-a-quick-self-check","Do I have arachnophobia? 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A frightening experience, fears learned from people around you, and possibly an evolved readiness to fear certain animals can all play a part, and avoidance keeps the fear going.",{"q":54,"a":79},"Very common. Animal phobias, spiders and snakes, affected about 12% of women and 3% of men in a Swedish survey, and animal and height phobias are the most common kinds of specific phobia.",{"q":81,"a":82},"Can arachnophobia be cured?","It responds very well to treatment. Exposure-based therapy helps around 85% of people with a specific phobia, and for spiders even a single long session with a therapist can be enough.",{"q":84,"a":85},"Does virtual reality work for arachnophobia?","Spider phobia is one of the best-studied uses of VR exposure. Trials found large improvements, including with a single automated session, comparable over time to real-life exposure.",[87,102,116],{"slug":88,"lang":6,"translation":89,"weight":8,"title":90,"description":91,"seoTitle":92,"seoDescription":93,"date":13,"updated":-1,"cover":94,"coverAlt":95,"tags":96,"accent":20,"game":21,"vrApp":100,"readingMinutes":101},"acrophobia","acrophobie","Acrophobia (fear of heights): meaning, vertigo, causes, how common it is and how to overcome it","Acrophobia is the fear of heights, the most common specific phobia in some surveys. What the word means, how it differs from vertigo, symptoms, causes, how common it is, a quick self-check, and how to overcome it.","Acrophobia (Fear of Heights): Meaning, Vertigo & Help","Acrophobia is the fear of heights. What it means, how it differs from vertigo, symptoms, causes, how common it is, a self-check and how to overcome it.","/blog/acrophobia/cover.webp","Illustration of a wooden mountain lookout with a sturdy railing at golden hour, overlooking a green valley and a winding river.",[97,98,99,19],"Acrophobia","Fear of heights","Vertigo","heights",8,{"slug":103,"lang":6,"translation":104,"weight":8,"title":105,"description":106,"seoTitle":107,"seoDescription":108,"date":13,"updated":-1,"cover":109,"coverAlt":110,"tags":111,"accent":114,"game":21,"vrApp":115,"readingMinutes":101},"claustrophobia","claustrophobie","Claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces): meaning, symptoms, causes and how to overcome it","Claustrophobia is the fear of enclosed spaces such as lifts, tunnels, crowded trains and MRI scanners. 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What the word means, how to pronounce it, why snakes scare so many people, symptoms, causes, a quick self-check, and how to overcome it.","Ophidiophobia (Fear of Snakes): Meaning, Causes & Help","Ophidiophobia is the fear of snakes. What it means, how to say it, why snakes scare so many people, causes, how common it is and how to overcome it.","/blog/ophidiophobia/cover.webp","Illustration of a sunny meadow with wildflowers, a small calm snake resting far away on a warm rock.",[126,127,19],"Ophidiophobia","Fear of snakes","#5e9a4c","snakes","/blog/arachnophobia",{"lang":132,"path":133},"fr","/fr/blog/arachnophobie","/fr/blog","/blog",1791217432345]