Odd door behaviour. AIBU to be a bit frightened?

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Firstly I am absolutely not suggesting anything woo is going on. I am very very not woo-minded.
A couple of nights ago I went upstairs to check on dd7, who had gone to sleep in our bed. As I passed her bedroom door I heard a thud from inside. The door was closed tight and I thought the cat might be closed in there. But I had my hands full so went on into our room to drop off the clothes I was carrying. Dd was fast asleep and the cat was snoring peacefully next to her. I went back onto the landing intending to go into her room to investigate and found her bedroom door wide open and the light on. I went in and saw nothing out of the ordinary but was a bit freaked out. Decided something must’ve fallen off her bed for some reason although the room was completely still, no open window or anything. DH was downstairs.
Last night something woke DH at 3am. He got up for a wee, passing dd’s closed bedroom door on his way to the toilet. When he came out of the bathroom, dd’s door was wide open. He spent the rest of the night in her bed as he felt unsettled by it.
Cat was asleep on our bedroom floor.

So what is going into?
it’s not a draughty house though it is old. No other pets and cat is old and doesn’t bring home critters any more.

Sound of nails - could this one be a squirrel in the attic?

Is it a semi or terraced house? If so could someone next door be closing a door that would trigger your door to open?

Wondering if it's the action of walking past the door that opens it - eg if the floorboard is a bit creaky and it has a knock on effect on the wonky door frame? Or if the opening/closing of another door nearby causes it to open?

V. Strange. Unless the work d through the window

sometimes at night in bed I swear the cats are on my bed doing that squishing of the duvet they do.. but they’re in a different part of the house and definitely not in my bedroom

My money is on your DD doing it somehow sleepwalking/opening it when half awake. Especially if she is unsettled maybe she is brewing something and has a slight fever.

Not sure mice can turn lights on or open doors tbh.

I also think it's your DD. Mine started having a nightmares and sort of sleepwalking when upset in the night at around the same age. She's probably opening the door.

The light could have been on inside anyway? If the weather has been warmer wood can expand.
Presume your DD doesn't sleep with the door pulled tightly closed, so door could swing wide open as your DH passed in the hall.

The light on bit is very odd.

Not really. In an old house it could be a wiring issue.

Did you notice whether the light was on when you passed the door the 1st time?

I live in Victorian semi. The other night I was sat in bed and door clicked and swung open. Didn't bother me. Its an old house. It moves. It creaks. Love it.

Your dd was probably sleeping with the light on

Not sure mice can turn lights on or open doors tbh.

Mind, if they were squirrels…

We all know ghosts don’t exist so try to work it out logically

A lot of people believe in ghosts (myself included). This is very creepy.

Check the loft, no new gap to next door and buy an indoor camera

Dd was definitely asleep in our bed the first time. I expect that if I hadn’t told dh about that he would not have been so unsettled when he saw it open.
The house isn’t big. Upstairs it’s a normal 3 bed semi with the bathroom at the back on a sticky out bit which would’ve been over the kitchen. But we extended downstairs so it goes back further than upstairs. On an evening, dh and I are in the new extension with the door closed on to the ‘old’ bit.
There is a big cupboard on the landing which I use as a wardrobe and has the boiler and loft hatch in it. The night I saw the open door I couldn’t sleep for thinking someone could be hiding in there.
We live in a village, but I usually lock the back door when I leave on a morning and dh works in the very front room (old living room). He would hear someone moving around the very creaky upstairs floors. The house is rarely empty except when we go out at the weekend.
For those saying woo, why would something happen now when we have been here for 6 years with nothing?
It has always felt like a safe, happy house.
On the night I couldnt sleep my mind went to awful places.
Dd is adopted. Her birth father was an angry violent man who was in prison when we adopted her as a baby. He made comments at that time that he would find his baby one day. You can imagine what I was thinking.
We are extremely careful and private. DD’s image has never been on social media and he knows nothing about us or where in the country we are. But still, nighttime darkness brings dark thoughts doesn’t it?
I hope it’s a rat! (a sentence I never thought I’d write).

Could the thud be from your heating or some sound from neighbours? The light could be on from earlier, maybe you just didn’t notice.
By the way my DD came through the patches of coming at night then not coming for quite a while then again coming. I tried to identify a trigger but couldn’t. She stopped coming completely at 13.

Definitely a camera for peace.of mind if there's a risk to DD like that. You need to sleep!

It was definitely on lino. We've insulation and floor boards in the attic so it would make a different sound. I had a cat get up there before.

In my house, opening and closing certain doors had a vacuum effect, making other doors open & close on their own. Having windows open does the same thing.

And maybe the light was already on, but you couldn’t tell cos the door was shut.

3am is peak time for paranormal activity. Spirits are at their strongest then.

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The light could absolutely have been on already. I would usually notice it under the door and think it strange, but very easily could’ve not noticed.

Er, auditory hallucination due to sleep deprivation?

I think you are just overthinking this one.
You or your DD left the light on and shit the door.
The door has become wonky either walking on the floor boards in the landing swings it open or it expands enough to open itself.
And it has only happened twice.
I do not see any reason for alarm.

Now, if the light actually turns itself on, then you have a serious problem and need an electrician asap!

OP, I like your observation that nighttime darkness brings dark thoughts.
Does everyone have disturbingly dark thoughts at night I wonder? Getting up at night for a wee can be a bit upsetting at times I find.

Shut the door! Lol