Dr. Evil's Face Your Fears series of caches will highlight common phobias (fears) that many people have towards common everyday things or objects. Some phobias are steeped in years of conditioning and survival instinct. Some fears come from childhood experiences. Some fears are just irrational but cause anxiety and reaction nonetheless. Dr. Evil thought it would be interesting to create some caches just to see how cachers react to certain phobias. Each of the caches are designed to exploit, expose, and trigger a phobia response (assuming the cacher has that phobia). Many cachers will have no issues with these caches and some may decide to just DNF and walk away. Dr. Evil may add to the series from time to time as he gets a notion to. Good luck facing your fears!
This cache is Arachnophobia, more commonly known as the fear of spiders. This fear is one of the oldest and most common phobias in the Western Culture. The phobia is considered to be an evolutionary response since spiders and their bites have been associated with infections and disease. The sight of spiders triggers a response in this phobia's victims. While the exact cause may different for individuals many times the fear is a learned behavior in childhood as an individual sees others being afraid of spiders.
Symptoms of Arachnophobia may include a rapid heart rate, dizziness, hot or cold flashes, chest pain or tightening of the chest, a feeling of choking, trembling, sweating, nausea, or inability to think or act rationally. For individuals with an extreme case even just talking or thinking about spiders can trigger a response. Can you feel the spiders crawling on your arms yet?
For this cache you will have to Face Your Fear. Cache is a large wooden box. You should already know what to expect by now. Good luck. DNF's welcomed (insert Dr. Evil laugh)!
Congrats to Strider on the FTF!!!
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