Same here! You all aren’t alone!

I’m 11, and I also have the same problem! I just can’t sleep without thinking someone or something is watching me. I know I’m too old to be afraid of the dark, but I’m startled by what could be potentially hiding.

You’re not the only one, though. I can relate to you.

I’m 12, and I have all the same problems. I always have to sleep with my dog at night and shut all the windows, doors, and my closet. I also keep hearing voices and seeing things move around me. Like once, I was just relaxing and doing my homework in the dining room, and I thought I saw a shadow move past me. I got so terrified, especially since I was alone in the house. Contact me if you want to talk about some of these things, I may be a bit younger than you, but I have the same problems.

It’s like I just want to be able to sleep without my light on. I’m 15 and I’m afraid of the dark. It’s not being in the dark, it’s that something or someone is in the dark with me and that they or it or whatever it is, is going to take me away or slowly and painfully kill me. Or even just kill or eat me or that it’ll just watch me and I won’t be able to get away from it. I’ll feel the need to check under my bed for monsters at night. I’m also just super afraid of closets, that something is inside of it waiting to jump out and catch me for dinner. I’m also afraid that there’s something or things like monsters hiding behind furniture, always just out of my sight and then it’s gone. But yeah just general paranoia. Also mirrors. I’m afraid that I’ll look in one and that something on the other side of the mirror will look back at me, or come out of the mirror like the girl from the ring, and just kill me or something. Lastly, dolls. I’ve had dreams where they have come to life. I’m most afraid that one will move around me and stuff. Thanks for letting me vent. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Dude I get that. I’m 16, have a lot of trauma and crap and I get super scared to leave my room and enter any other room for the fact I can’t see and think he is coming for me. Getting up and leaving to pee sucks, especially after the sun sets. Hopefully the fear of leaving to visit the toilet subsides or disappears when you get older.