arachnophobia, reconsider playing wow?

i played wow in 2006-08. i remember being scared by the spiders back then, but i can't remember much besides my friends helping me out. i suddenly got an urge to play wow. however with my bad arachnophobia. should i reconsider attempting to play this game again?

my idea is to play classic or wotlk, as that is what i played.

- could i stick to gameplay and zones that excludes spiders? is there a viable way to do so and hit max level?

my idea is to play gnome; mage or warlock, if wotlk then dk.