If a spider bites you what bothers you more?

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that is not correct.
the most venomous spider we have is the funnel web which is a frightening spider because is black and hairy and rather large and it can see you from a distance and it is very brave and aggressive. they can jump up to 4 feet. but there is a readily available antivenom and i do not think anyone has died from a funnel web bite for a few years.
funnel web spiders also will only react to you if you approach their nests or put your foot in a boot in which one has stowed itself. they are not predators looking for humans to bite. i have not seen a funnel web spider for about 15 years and they are not "everywhere"

the other spider we have which is poisonous is the redback spider (related to the black widow in the USA), but it's poison is kind of weak and you really have to step on one or sit on one to be bitten. they are web dwelling spiders that do not roam about (unlike funnel webs) and so basic diligence is all you need to not be bitten by one. i do not think anyone has died in the last 50 years from a redback spider bite.

we have no other spiders that are potentially fatal if they bite.

australia is not a dangerous place in any way due to any animal threat.

yes, blue ringed octopii and thorny tailed stingrays and crocodiles can kill you, but you have to venture stupidly into places where most people would not bother to go to be in danger.

as to sweetleafs question, i would also consider the fact that i was bitten by a spider whilst i was not looking to be more worriesome than the welt i may develop from the bite.

Yeah, the thought that it had been crawling on me, would be worse than the itch.

I actually LIKE Granddaddy Long-legs (I've never heard them called "Daddy Long-legs"); and, when they're in my house, I look at them----maybe even talk to them----I always call them "Sheila"! ! IIRC, I think I heard someone on TV, decades ago, say: "Yeah, the name 'Sheila' fits you----Sheila's always have long legs".

The itch bothers me the most, but I find the fact that there was a spider on me and I didn't know also disturbing.

To the best of my knowledge I've never been bitten by a spider. but I have been bitten by another bug, not sure what kind, something dark and flying, and it itched pretty badly for a while. When it was on me, I wasn't calm, but once I had brushed it off, the itch was the only problem, I thought no more of it having been on me.
With my dry skin I have more than enough itches as I do, so I'm going with the itch.
If it happened very frequently however, then I would worry about going to sleep.

Unless you're still alive when they lock you in it. In this case, you'll have some quite intense sensory issues for a while till asphyxia solves the problem for good.

Tons of spiders here,we even have a small tarantula.Ive been bit by several varieties of spiders.Brown Recluse don't cause skin rot in everyone.Sometimes there is just a small sunken scab about the size of a pencil eraser.That how my family and I react to them.Black Widows are only dangerous to the very young,elderly or those with high blood pressure.
I like most spiders,especially the jumping ones.There are lots of recluses in my house,but they tend to stay in the dark corners of the closet.Best to always shake a shoe out before you put it on,once I didn't and got bit.Dont leave shoes on the porch under a porch light,the light attracts bugs,then spiders.

I like to garden so get bit by bugs and spiders a lot. I have some scars on my legs from spider bites. I have itchy bright red spots on each arm from something that bit me last week. Im not bothered by them having been on me after the fact, but if I see them I get upset. We have these wee red ones around and I hate the thought that they could get in my hair and clothes.

That i'm on bloodthinners and the bite i got the other day got really large and i thought i could have contacted TBE from a tick bite.

Fortunately, no such symptoms occurred, and the red part + intense red part dissipated over the last week.

I hate spiders, so I'm sure they don't love me too. You know, I find them disgusting. My mommy always told me be far from them

About a month ago I was preparing to go to bed and was fluffing the pillows.I found a HUGE wolf spider who was also preparing for bed in the pillows.I like spiders,but not in my bed.I caught him and turned him out on the porch.
Spiders are beneficial,first line of defense against bed bugs and other nasty pests.

There really are only like 3 spiders here that I know of; black widows, recluses of some sort, and wolf spiders. Do not want to get bitten by any of those!

Wolf spiders are pretty badass however; I wouldn't kill them as they hunt recluses, black widows, cockroaches(we have what southerners like to call Palmetto bugs here as well as oriental ones both of which are HUGE!), house crickets, I think even scorpions altho I don't know about that.