The Boogeyman

Mirrors.

I feel uncomfortable looking to a mirror in the dark. Its just unsetteling.
Also when i was a kid, i was super scared of the dark. I have gone over it, but it still lingers in the darkest corner of my psyche.

 

I sleep with the closet closed, but only because I always keep my closet closed anyway.

I sleep in the dark, and I take no leaps of faith. I'm in no immediate danger from the dust particles under my bed.

 

Yes, mirrors in the dark are creepy. I feel like I'll look into one and see something that isn't my own reflection

 

Hmm, I have some weird habits from when I was a kid. Taht whole 'all tucked in' thing, if you don't move, I always believed that things would not notice you if you weren't moving. Also, as a little kid, when I was really tired and looking for something down the side of my bed (since my bed is in the corner of my room) and I thought I saw some grey hand and I never slept on the side of the bed closest to the wall. Finally, I read a little kiddy horror book of fantasy monsters that said something about how the bogeyman would creak the door open to scare you before killing you, so if it doesn't have a door to open, it doesn't kill you (I basically keep my door open as habit).

 

He's an odd habit I've gotten over. I used to be unsettled in the dark. Not in a way to keep me up though. However walking through it, I'd pretend i was some sort of dark, evil creature. My logic was, if I'm tougher than them, and a dark creature like them, why would they attack me?

 

When I was a little kid, I'd always run straight for my bed and jump in the second I turned my lights out. The odd thing is that I never believed in monsters even back then, so I don't exactly remember why I did that so often. I make it a habit to keep my closet doors completely closed before going to sleep, still, but not out of the fear that any critters might live inside; it's just a little unsettling to have them open, for some reason.

 

I keep my closet door closed as a matter of course. I still have to deal with the bogeyman as my little brother often sees things and calls out,my room is right next to his so I often get woken up by "There's a shadow ", "There's something in my wardrobe " and the best " the blue thing from five nights at Freddies is in my wardrobe "

 

Sleeveless shirts scare me. Your torso is fine sure but WHAT OF THE REST?

 

Usually what I do is leave my door a bit open, and a bit of light. I got rid of my flashlight years ago, and I don't think I'll need it to cope with that strange anxiousness of the monster under my bed.

 

I remember when I was little, I was terrified of such things. However, as I got older, I got scared of the reality of things. You know, murders, robbers, gunman, kidnappers, etc. Some people are scarier than monsters, and that's the reality of things. Yes, I keep my door locked, but not for a boogeyman but for the real life monsters we see in the news.