When I was 11, I saw a horror flick (now a classic cult movie). It haunted my teenage, I had difficulty sleeping for about a year. Avoided seeing the movie again. Even looking at a screenshot of it still makes me sweat (ironically I am a movie buff, and love watching moderately scary movies!).
My close friend tells me I cannot be this scared of a movie, when I am almost 40. She wants me to watch it during the day so that I can see it, and "conquer" my phobia. She feels once I see it as an adult I will realise that it is just a movie and move on.
I understand the reasoning behind her idea, but I am prone to night terrors - have a long history of them whenever I watch a scary movie - and I am scared of what the many nights in the future will bring, after I watch this movie. As a solution, I want her to watch it with me, since she is insisting I should take this step to address this phobia. She says she cannot as she is not interested in watching horror movies!
AIBU to expect her to sit with me and watch the movie with me if she feels justified in telling me to do it? Just for support? 
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nightmares · 14/03/2019 06:14
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