Arachnophobia

Daily writing prompt

Describe your most memorable vacation.

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I was a child. We went tent camping a lot – I hated camping because I was terrified of daddy-long-legs spiders. The spiders were always perched under our rain fly on the outside of our tent in the morning. I would open my eyes and face my exact phobia, every morning. I was so afraid. This fear was frustrating because it went against all logic. This made it difficult for adults like my parents to empathize with it.