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People who are scared to be home alone, what is it that scares you? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by Ste41th@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Real answer, in college the apartment I was living in was broken into by a neighbor and attacked my roommate. When I heard noise coming from his room I went to go check on him and the attacker turned on me and started to attack me. My injuries were far less severe from my roommate’s. Ever since then I can’t fall asleep unless I check all the doors to make sure they are locked even if I know it’s locked I’ll double check it before laying down for the night. At times when I’m alone in the house I can still get to sleep but it’s a restless sleep because of how uneasy I feel about being alone in a house at night. That shit sucks to never feel fully safe in your own home.

[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ahhh shoot, I’m sorry you had to deal with that, you know maybe leaving a light on at night or buying something like a doorbell cam. Might help.

[–] Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do have those things and wish I could tell you that they do help. Fact is the feeling really doesn’t help or go away. The only thing that helps is not being home alone at night.

[–] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah I get you, I suppose that every little thing helps to at least improve the situation.

I think the main thing is that when we are home alone I suppose our alertness is higher which might make us paranoid.