Eva Mendes used to suffer from arachnophobia, which means that she was terrified of spiders and not only did she insist that her parents kill them but she also insisted on seeing their dead bodies.
Eva said, "Spiders scare me a lot, ever since I was a little girl. If I ever saw one I would have a physical reaction and just freak out. I was a real arachnophobe. I was like that up until about a year ago. If I saw a spider I would have to have somebody kill it and even then I could not take their word for it. I would have to see the dead carcass before I could relax".
Eva went on to say that couldn't even sleep in a room that had a spider in it and that the fear got to be so great that she eventually visited a hypnotherapist.
She said, "There was no swaying clock or anything like that and I was disappointed by that. I do not know what she did but it really helped because now I will see one and I will be cool with it".
Eva was so pleased with the results that she's considering going back and joked, "Now I want to do it for everything. I was thinking can she help me with road rage or snacking or foul language? It is amazing".
Just imagine if she'd grown up in Cuba?!
