I've had two different experiences in my life with two different phobias, my ex was absolutely terrified of spiders, to the point she would not enter a room if she knew there was a spider in it. Sometimes I'd come home from work and have to deal with a spider that was in the bathroom because she had to go. At one point we met a person who had a Rose Hair, and surprisingly the rose hair didn't bother her so she wanted to get a tarantula because she thought it would help her deal with her fear of true spiders. And it worked, the one tarantula to help her get over her fear became my new hobby, building a collection of something to the extent of 56 Ts. About a year and a half later we broke up and I got myself in some money troubles and had to move in with some family that wouldn't allow me to bring my collection with me. So I ended up having to give her my collection and she would take care of them as she found them new homes and it seemed like a better option then trying to sell them to my local pet store or something like that. So I can say that she went from someone who wouldn't go to the bathroom because a spider was in there, to someone I trusted to take care of my spiders.
Now my own personal phobia has nothing to do with spiders, but I am afraid of heights. I've also been in situations where I've found myself doing a cpl of roofing jobs on the side for extra money but there is anxiety I deal with a new situation regarding heights is always the same anxiety to the extent I sometimes makes my stomach upset. I have to force myself past the anxiety, and never comfortable on a roof I get to the point where I can handle that roof. Now if I go to say a new situation with heights i'm starting over. At one point I worked in larger outlet store working retail, about once a week me and a co-worker would have to walk around with a 14 foot ladder and replace burned out bulbs. It took me a few months of doing that for me to get to the point where I was comfortable with climbing that ladder and changing the bulbs. Another job we had a crawl space that required us to climb an 8 foot ladder to get into the crawl space. I worked there for three years and it was only during the last year I wasn't hit with a wave of anxiety every time I had to go into there which was once every 2-3 months. And this job was after the retail job but conquering the 14 foot ladder did not translate into climbing 8 foot ladder without any fear.
Now my own personal phobia has nothing to do with spiders, but I am afraid of heights. I've also been in situations where I've found myself doing a cpl of roofing jobs on the side for extra money but there is anxiety I deal with a new situation regarding heights is always the same anxiety to the extent I sometimes makes my stomach upset. I have to force myself past the anxiety, and never comfortable on a roof I get to the point where I can handle that roof. Now if I go to say a new situation with heights i'm starting over. At one point I worked in larger outlet store working retail, about once a week me and a co-worker would have to walk around with a 14 foot ladder and replace burned out bulbs. It took me a few months of doing that for me to get to the point where I was comfortable with climbing that ladder and changing the bulbs. Another job we had a crawl space that required us to climb an 8 foot ladder to get into the crawl space. I worked there for three years and it was only during the last year I wasn't hit with a wave of anxiety every time I had to go into there which was once every 2-3 months. And this job was after the retail job but conquering the 14 foot ladder did not translate into climbing 8 foot ladder without any fear.