The Dream: I find a black widow spider in the garden. It
scurries under something. I know I should kill it, but I don’t want to. I think
it won’t hurt me if I don’t disturb it, if I leave it alone.
Interpretation: There’s a potentially poisonous emotion or
situation I need to deal with, but I’m not ready to. Just as soon as it shows
itself (starts to come to consciousness), it hides again (is repressed). I decide to “leave it alone.”
