TVSAT, spider (in my dreams at least) represent my fears. I believe I create them in a layer of reality when I am experiencing great anxiety. Several times over the years when I am sleeping at night, and when I am close to waking up, I see my bedroom as it is, but I will see a spider descending on a filament of silk right above me. Quite frequently these spiders are as large as a baseball.

Here's an example: I thought I was fully awake, but I was just in a layer very close to consciousness when I noted with full terror at the end of my bed was an enormous spider. I woke my husband with a scream and pleaded with him to do something about this spider. He woke with a start and said, "What, there is no spider, where?" And I squealed, "The spider at the end of the bed!!" He repeats he sees no spider and I say, "It's as big as a cat!" At which point he chuckles and says, "You are just dreaming."

But unlike other "dream" things, I would still feel these spiders to be there even when fully conscious for minutes. And sometimes I would make myself stay awake for a while because I just knew if I fell right back to sleep I'd see them still there.

Flux...mmmmm feathery marshmellows!

DocSniper, that sounds like torture...worse than spiders.