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I STILL can't sleep if the wardrobe doors are open - can you?

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morningpaper · 05/05/2008 11:54

DH thinks I am bonkers but all wardrobe doors much be shut

Why? he says

Monsters! I say

Not sure really, but I can't BEAR wardrobe doors being open.

Am I mad?

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motherinferior · 05/05/2008 11:56

Perhaps a little deranged...

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morningpaper · 05/05/2008 11:56

oh DEAR I thought I was NORMAL

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PinkPussyCat · 05/05/2008 11:57

MP I have this affliction also

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motherinferior · 05/05/2008 11:57

But then I am utterly phobic about heights and bridges.

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morningpaper · 05/05/2008 11:58

well that's fair enough MI

those are things you might fall off ...

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morningpaper · 05/05/2008 11:59

oh GOOD pink pussy cat

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Flame · 05/05/2008 11:59

Oh I thought it was just me!!

I can't sleep with mirrors looking at me either though

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motherinferior · 05/05/2008 11:59

Probably not London or Farringdon Bridges. They are quite stable. I cannot walk over them. Literally.

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Saturn74 · 05/05/2008 12:00

No I can't sleep with the wardrobe doors open.

I didn't actually realise it until I read the thread title, but I do always close them before I go to bed.

And ensure that the curtains are completely closed so nothing can peep in at me whilst I slumber.

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PinkPussyCat · 05/05/2008 12:01

Dh has to have the ensuite door shut before getting into bed... so between us there is much shutting of doors taking place before anything else gets done in our bedroom.

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morningpaper · 05/05/2008 12:02

lol pinkpussycat

MI you ARE mad

Monsters in wardrobe perfectly reasonable

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superloopy · 05/05/2008 12:04

Hey I'm the same. All cupboard doors, walk in wardrobe and ensuite doors must be shut.

Not gaps in the curtains for monsters to look in and I must be totally covered in bed apart from my head also to prevent monster attacks....

You can never be too sure....

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PinkPussyCat · 05/05/2008 12:06

Agree superloopy!

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morningpaper · 05/05/2008 12:13

lol

I'm glad it's not just ME

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wildhorses · 05/05/2008 12:18

LOL
I still close the wardrobe doors every night and the kids too
Same with the curtains and now got use to sleeping with the landing light on cos of dc.
Can`t sleep without a light at night if we are away without dcs .

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justjules · 05/05/2008 12:18

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morningpaper · 05/05/2008 12:21

I make sure the baby-gate is locked at the top of stairs

Even if the children aren't sleeping in the house

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wildhorses · 05/05/2008 12:30

This is like monsters-inc

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PinkPussyCat · 05/05/2008 12:56

Oh no!

Jules i didn't know about the drawer-monsters

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Naetha · 06/05/2008 22:13

I'm the same - en-suite doors in hotels have to be shut, as do wardrobe doors.

Some deeply ingrained fear of monsters / the dark / the unknown I think.

Glad I'm not mad

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thornrose · 06/05/2008 22:16

All of the above and a quick look under the bed for good measure, while pretending to look for an odd sock or something!

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Twinklemegan · 06/05/2008 22:19

Same here. And I always pull the covers right up over my head (much to DH's annoyance) in case anything ruffles my hair - which DID happen once, I swear!

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jingleyjen · 06/05/2008 22:19

OMG I thought it was just me!!!

I can't cope if they are open and yet can't cope if the door to the landing is closed.

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sweetkitty · 06/05/2008 22:19

oh yes another one here everything shut and curtains closed properly

cannot sleep if theres a ticking clock nearby either drives me loopy

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