I've actually noticed myself developing a phobia to spiders in the last few years. It's weird, I used to love them. Now when I see them I can feel my stomach flop and my pulse quicken and I have to resist the urge to flail. If I have to smash I spider I'll start shaking and vomit.

The only way I know how to deal with it is to make myself deal with spiders. Like big juicy ones I wont deal with but Daddy Longlegs I'll go as far as to hold. When I was a kid I used to love to play with them anyway.

EDIT: You think that's bad, eest? You don't watch enough daytime TV. There was a chick running and screaming away from tin foil.