It wouldn't take long for Freud to recognise here a typical male anxiety dream about being devoured by the female. As a teenager I once had a horribly vivid nightmare about a praying mantis - you know, the ones who bite their mates' heads off during intercourse. I thought I was unique till I learned that it's actually a very common dream. However, the anxiety never grew into a full-blown neurosis, so far as I know, though maybe you'd have to ask my wife about that!