The story I am about to tell you caused me to have arachnophobia and every time I see a spider pic I get nightmares or I just don't sleep. When I was a kid, I used to wake up in the middle of the night to play with my brother or by myself if he was not awake - odd, I know. I would use the bed sheets to make a circle around me and I would pretend that I was a king of a land and that no one must come and destroy my kingdom. I did this for several nights, until one night. I was awake and a swarm of spiders came to attack me. It lasted for a while, all i did was trying to push them away from my bed. It lasted for a good while, until they stopped coming. The thing is, I am not sure if it was a dream or an actual event. Therefore, I am an arachnophobic. To proof this, when I entered in my teens I saw that movie of giant spiders - forgot the name of it - and I couldn't. I just couldn't. I watched once. Never seen it again. [spoiler]don't get me wrong. I think spiders are one of the world's most interesting creatures. I just can't stand them to see them. [/spoiler]