To still be scared of being home alone?

[sepa]

DP is away with work for the next 4 maybe 5 nights depending on the booze consumption so it's just me and DC.
I'm 30 years old and can still probably do with this monster spray. thank good for DC's night light

Anyone else think that the boogie man is waiting round the corner and ready to get you when your home alone?

[Oysterbabe]

It's not real.

[Clarissa69]

Phew! 😂😂
Off to bed to think about the bogey man.

[DancingHippo]

FFS I'm going to be checking under the sofa cushions for weeks now oyster!

Thank god we don't have any cabin beds!

I am terrible. DH started a job working nights when I was pregnant with twins. I used to fly down the stairs at night, massive belly 2 foot in front of me, to confront imagined intruders before they got to DD. Any slight creak/bump in the night and I'd be up and ready to fight, and probably get myself hurt!

It didn't help that we were burgled during the night, while asleep, while I was heavily pregnant with DD. They had forced the lounge window. Luckily with living in a not great area of North London, I'd got DH to put a bolt on our bedroom door when we'd moved in. Dread to think what may have happened if I hadn't.

When we lived abroad and DH worked away for weeks at a time, I'd have all the kids in with me, bedroom door locked, with an ironing board leaning against the door, so I'd hear it fall down if the lock was picked . DC would go to sleep in their own beds and I'd carry them in to mine when I finally went to bed. We had a huge super kingsize thankfully.

[Ankleswingers]

Yes, me too. I hate being home alone with the DC. Every single noise and I'm on thorns, terrified what it could be.

I get really worked up, so just put the TV on softly in the bedroom to drown out noises and to help relax me.

I just make sure that it isn't Luther or Crimewatch though.....

[Tiggywinkler]

Aah, I see them now... I'm blaming my phone resolution! Thank you.

I'm also glad that I have a small, annoyingly yappy dog. No one is getting past him without us knowing, as, the postman can attest.

[EponasWildDaughter]

There's nothing rational about my fears at all

Sometimes i don't get the twitchyness and can go about the house with just a couple of low lights on without worrying at all. I can't even put my finger on what i fear.

I've lived in 5 different houses now, varying from basic London terrace house, flat on shitty London estate, ancient cottage in sleepy village, modern house in country and now currently in (creaky) big house in the middle of nowhere. Fields for miles. I'm always the same. It's not burglers i'm thinking of when the heebie jeebies hit. It's just ... something.

I won't let myself think about it at the time for fear of ramping up the nerves, so i've no idea exactly what it is i think is lurking in wait for me Like i say when i'm preg it doesn't happen. Bold as brass.

[xandra588]

I adore being home alone but when the sun goes down, I'm scared as fuck. Worst thing is I love watching horror movies alone and during the day this is no problem and I'm like "it's just a movie, bitch, there's no need of useless fear" and that all ends in the evening. When being home alone in the evenings, I barely sleep because Freddy might smell my fear and kill me.

[yorkshapudding]

I had a horrible experience in my student days that made me really frightened of being 'home alone' for a while. My housemates were away so I was alone in the house and two men broke in during the night. They came upstairs and I had to barricade myself in my bedroom by pushing furniture up against the door and call the police, who took ages. It was bloody awful.

After that there was a period of about 18 months or so where I would avoid being alone in an empty house at all costs. When I moved in with my now DH whose job at the time involved him being away a lot, it forced me to face my fear and actually did me a huge favour. At first it was hard. I jumped at every strange noise and had to be very selective about what I read or watched on TV but it got easier and easier each time.

Now I really enjoy having the house to myself although admittedly we live in a very safe area so I might feel differently if we were somewhere with a higher crime rate.

[blitheringbuzzards1234]

I don't worry too much unless I wake up in the night and hear a strange noise ... then I feel very scared. I have modern double-glazed windows which I believe are difficult to break for the average burglar, I double-check that downstairs doors/windows are locked before going to bed and put the keys on the bedside table. A nightlight in the downstairs hall is handy as it gives a soft glow but not too bright. I feel a little nervous during thunderstorms though.

[KamMum]

Last night before I went to sleep I was reading a post on here about ghostly happenings at someone's house - I had to stop reading as could imagine something grabbing me in the dark

[PirateFairy45]

No you're not. When I'm alone overnight I sleep with the doors and windows bolted shut and a weapon under my pillow.

[sepa]

I love being at home during the day by myself. It's just the nights that give me the heeby geebies