The fear of spiders, or arachnophobia, is the most common phobia there is, so you're in good company if our eight-legged friends give you the heebie jeebies.
But the dread that comes with phobias can be crippling – and worse, it can affect, and even sometimes 'infect', the people we love. Luckily, it’s possible to overcome even our worst terrors, as author Maya Leonard, 50, tells us.
