Okay, so there was a brown recluse in my house. I am trying to make a long story short here, so I am leaving out details. I was trying to catch it, which was very hard (it was completely still the whole time, it was only hard because I am fearful of them and was being a total chicken) and my mom got a can of Raid and sprayed at it. She didn't hit it, she hit ME. I ended up catching it and am gonna go let it go after work -- AWAY FROM MY HOUSE.
The can is the physical embodiment of my worst nightmare. "Kills spiders fast -- also kills scorpions! Lasts up to 12 weeks!".
I stripped and isolated that pair of clothes, and I took a bath and scrubbed my skin and washed my hair. I still find myself afraid to even be in the same room with my T's. I am so afraid I am covered with poison. How can I be sure I am safe to be near my T's again?
EDIT: Just to clarify two things. I know being scared of a Brown Recluse is stupid, there really is no other North American spider that really does, it's a fear from my childhood because someone I knew had a really severe bite from one and it's something I struggle not to be afraid of. There was a time in my life when I would have killed it, so I'm getting better at least with that particular fear.
ALSO, and far more importantly, I wasn't hit with a blast of Raid, I was hit with a light mist of it. It wasn't a lot. I don't smell like it or anything, if that makes a difference. She thought it was one of those cans that shoots a strait blast of the stuff -- like the stuff used to kill wasps mid-air. But it was just a mist and some floated over onto me because she was right next to me when she sprayed at it. I am only saying because I don't know if that makes a big difference or not.
The can is the physical embodiment of my worst nightmare. "Kills spiders fast -- also kills scorpions! Lasts up to 12 weeks!".
I stripped and isolated that pair of clothes, and I took a bath and scrubbed my skin and washed my hair. I still find myself afraid to even be in the same room with my T's. I am so afraid I am covered with poison. How can I be sure I am safe to be near my T's again?
EDIT: Just to clarify two things. I know being scared of a Brown Recluse is stupid, there really is no other North American spider that really does, it's a fear from my childhood because someone I knew had a really severe bite from one and it's something I struggle not to be afraid of. There was a time in my life when I would have killed it, so I'm getting better at least with that particular fear.
ALSO, and far more importantly, I wasn't hit with a blast of Raid, I was hit with a light mist of it. It wasn't a lot. I don't smell like it or anything, if that makes a difference. She thought it was one of those cans that shoots a strait blast of the stuff -- like the stuff used to kill wasps mid-air. But it was just a mist and some floated over onto me because she was right next to me when she sprayed at it. I am only saying because I don't know if that makes a big difference or not.
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