"The Exorcist" scared the willies out of me, but
When I was about 5 years old I went with my folks to the Base theater and there was a movie on called "Tarantula". My little self took one look at the giant spider and started screaming. I wouldn't stop screaming. My folks had to snatch me up and get me out of there. I wound up with a bad case of arachnophobia that I have been trying to do something about for years now. I have finally got to the point where I can look at a picture of a spider without freaking out, just get a tad nervous, and am actually getting comfortable with the little jumping spiders - took me over 60 years to reach this point. Talk about a long-lived reaction!
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