Chuckmater
Arachnopeon
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- Oct 11, 2016
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Hi everyone!
I've recently 're-entered' the hobby of collecting Tarantulas, after a nearly 15-year hibernation...It seems my passion has awakened. As a 12 year old, I remember going to the local pet shop and purchasing my first Ts; a Brachypelma Albopilosum and a G. Porteri.
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13 years later...2016
I'm happily married with a beautiful 10-month old daughter and all my needs and wants are met. Nevertheless, one evening, as fate would have it, I was watching a Tarantulaguy1976's feeding video, and BAM!!!!! Just like that!! The next thing I know, I have purchased a sling P. Metallica (Which my wife and I named Stella, and she just molted last week she's so cute), a P. Formosa (Which we named Violet) a G. Porteri named Vince (just so we can handle one without having our adrenal glands squeezed dry), a GBB pair, named Matthew and Maleficent, a P. Cambridgei named Mercedes, and an H. Maculata named Veronica. Not to mention I was like a kid in a candy shop at the Montreal Expo! Wow! And that happened in a span of a month and a half! Then we decided it was enough for now until I can have a T. Room. Fair enough honey, maybe in 5 years when we buy a house.
Now, here's where YOU come in on this thread: I want to know what it is about keeping Ts. that enthrals people so much! Is it the fascination for collecting? Is it Hoarding? Or Compulsive Buying? According to Freud, all collecting stems from unresolved toilet training conflict...hmmm...what is the psychology behind this fascination? According to Muensterberger, collecting is a need-driven compensatory behavior where every new object effectively gives the notion of fantasized omnipotence... Is this hobby a manifestation of a disorder we all share? Or is it purely a good thing? Just as the irrational fear of spiders is worthy of documentation and a title (Arachnophobia), surely its antithesis must be worthy of at least some consideration! Give me some thoughts!
Thanks
I've recently 're-entered' the hobby of collecting Tarantulas, after a nearly 15-year hibernation...It seems my passion has awakened. As a 12 year old, I remember going to the local pet shop and purchasing my first Ts; a Brachypelma Albopilosum and a G. Porteri.
****
13 years later...2016
I'm happily married with a beautiful 10-month old daughter and all my needs and wants are met. Nevertheless, one evening, as fate would have it, I was watching a Tarantulaguy1976's feeding video, and BAM!!!!! Just like that!! The next thing I know, I have purchased a sling P. Metallica (Which my wife and I named Stella, and she just molted last week she's so cute), a P. Formosa (Which we named Violet) a G. Porteri named Vince (just so we can handle one without having our adrenal glands squeezed dry), a GBB pair, named Matthew and Maleficent, a P. Cambridgei named Mercedes, and an H. Maculata named Veronica. Not to mention I was like a kid in a candy shop at the Montreal Expo! Wow! And that happened in a span of a month and a half! Then we decided it was enough for now until I can have a T. Room. Fair enough honey, maybe in 5 years when we buy a house.
Now, here's where YOU come in on this thread: I want to know what it is about keeping Ts. that enthrals people so much! Is it the fascination for collecting? Is it Hoarding? Or Compulsive Buying? According to Freud, all collecting stems from unresolved toilet training conflict...hmmm...what is the psychology behind this fascination? According to Muensterberger, collecting is a need-driven compensatory behavior where every new object effectively gives the notion of fantasized omnipotence... Is this hobby a manifestation of a disorder we all share? Or is it purely a good thing? Just as the irrational fear of spiders is worthy of documentation and a title (Arachnophobia), surely its antithesis must be worthy of at least some consideration! Give me some thoughts!
Thanks