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zupra_zazel t1_j7fcdx8 wrote

Hello. Thank you for this. I have paranoia and it's hard to explain to friends. This is what it feels like. I sleep with the lights slightly turned on.

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brightyoungthings t1_j7fx9hi wrote

You need a cat! They don’t put up with spooky shit!

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Ravernel t1_j7ghgga wrote

And whenever you hear any suspicious weird sounds in the night you always definitely know its source :D

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MyDickIsAdequate t1_j7h7t2x wrote

My issue with this is you get so used to cats that your defenses are down so the next time you feel a weight in your bed behind you and you look to see your cat at your window, what do you do?

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warmachine237 t1_j7h8z3m wrote

Thats why you never get one cat. Have a bunch of them. That way youre more likely to not see all of them in your vision and can safely assume its just another cat on the bed.

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NoCopyrightRadio t1_j7her22 wrote

Yeah and the demon will just leave after feeling ignored, works for me everytime

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OhLookACastle t1_j7i2hun wrote

Nope, because kitty starts freaking out first, guaranteed. Half the time I follow kitty’s lead when we hear a funny noise or see a funny shadow. She’s the paranoid one, not me.

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Affectionate_Bid2880 t1_j7if9bi wrote

Except when you pull yourself out of sleep paralysis (after feeling your cat jump on the bed and climb on your chest) and your cat is downstairs 😨

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ScorchReaper062 t1_j7jvfqk wrote

This is why you put the litterbox in your room too.

Me and my cats have the dankest silent but deadlies, being a ghost here means having to put up with awful smells all the time. You'd have better luck haunting a sewage dump.

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MELLMAO t1_j7hhgms wrote

My boyfriend heard someone walking downstairs at 5 am when he was sleeping over, I told him it was just the dog, not to bother me. The dog was actually in the yard most of the night LOL oopsie

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Dredmart t1_j7iezsl wrote

Wait, what happened after that? Lol

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MELLMAO t1_j7lplyy wrote

Nothing, I just ignore the sounds and co-habit with ghosts

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xelle24 t1_j7j2m9z wrote

Some years ago one Memorial Day weekend I was in bed not long after midnight and heard what I thought was my two cats bouncing around making noise downstairs. When I heard a loud sound like "fwhoomp" I realized that it wasn't the cats, so I got up and when I stepped into the hallway (my bedroom is at the back of the house), I could see a bright, flickering orange light from the front windows.

I ran downstairs and looked out the first floor front windows to see that the house across the street was on fire.

Long story short, everyone in the house got out safely, the house had to be torn down mainly due to water damage from the firefighters putting out the fire, and the verdict was that the fire started in the front porch furniture, possibly from a passerby throwing a firework, more likely a lit cigarette accidentally dropped or left by one of the residents, and the "fwhoomp" I heard was the smaller fire reaching and igniting the gas meter in front of the porch.

It took me a while after that to be able to assume a noise in the night was just the cats.

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tslnox t1_j7i1je1 wrote

Until you hear the noises from the kitchen, look up...

And you see the cat sitting on the window sill.

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zupra_zazel t1_j7hu0qv wrote

Thanks for the tip I've considered pets before :)

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[deleted] t1_j8awhet wrote

they are nocturnal as hell tho, and will wake u up in the middle of the night.

but honestly WAY better than having a demon look over ur shoulder

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Superlugnut t1_j7hl3yg wrote

“Oh you’re afraid of the dark haha” no, I’m not afraid of the dark, I just have the hairs on the back of my neck standing up on constant alert to any noises. With a slight light on I can see any difference.

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indierose27 t1_j7iovs6 wrote

I do too. This why I have my bed backed up against the wall.

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DiamondHandedGod t1_j7g6o41 wrote

Demon pops up just to see you watching the most vile porn imaginable

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Arcanum_3974 t1_j7h3jca wrote

“Yo, bro.. good shit. Mind if I stroke with you”

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Donkeyfetus5000 t1_j7fdse1 wrote

When you try to sleep while facing a wall

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Ravernel t1_j7gjhjk wrote

Wow, this just reminded me of my weird nightmares when I was a kid. I was so scared to sleep while facing the wall because whenever I did that there was this huge scary looking owl head in my dreams, that kept screaming and insulting me with its deep voice. Still have no idea why did that happen or where it came from. At some point it just disappeared and I never saw it again.

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N0rthWind t1_j7imqg2 wrote

Apparently, a giant owl is a common enough nightmare that there's a greater demon that's pretty much exactly that (Stolas)

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Donkeyfetus5000 t1_j7h0zsg wrote

I have an irrational fear of barn owls so I can’t imagine how scary that was.

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INDIG0M0NKEY t1_j7ispgw wrote

At an early age probably third grade I would fall asleep facing the wall because if whatever it was would make it to my room I’m dead anyways and I don’t want to see it.

This fear went away and I developed a fear of the darkness outside windows at my moms in the country. Would literally run past windows. Now I keep all my blinds down pretty much all the time. As a 33 year old

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admiralbreastmilk t1_j7m7ff9 wrote

Just at night though, right? You still let sunlight in?

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INDIG0M0NKEY t1_j7migto wrote

A few windows will get opened up but I don’t like people seeing into my house where I’m just sitting on the couch it feels odd

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MELLMAO t1_j7hhoh5 wrote

I sleep facing the wall precisely bcs of this. If I see it, it's not like I can do anything, so better to be blissfully unaware and pretend you don't see/hear/sense anything

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YANFRET t1_j7irddz wrote

I cant sleep facing a wall. I need to sleep facing the door or the way out of a room. I wonder why i need to do that…

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AFatz t1_j7j0x22 wrote

The military made me extremely paranoid about intruders. If I'm in a room, I HAVE to face the closest entrance, or at least have it in my eyeline.

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missidkman t1_j7geabn wrote

the ghost is telling you to put down the phone and go to sleep

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GodLikePlaya t1_j7gz284 wrote

I dont get it... is there sound or something that I am missing?

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foxaenea t1_j7hant8 wrote

Look at the darkness

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Moz_13 t1_j7iap2w wrote

"Hey man what you watching?"

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SardonicVampire t1_j7hstis wrote

Ghosty is just tryin to tell him that his screen is too bright and he'll never fall asleep that way.

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Mr-frost t1_j7i2n6g wrote

Make a horror movie mann

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LeeroyM OP t1_j7i2skx wrote

I'm hoping 2023 will be the year I make my short horror film.

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pranquily t1_j7ho2zg wrote

Nah this is exactly how I feel, bruh.

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Worried_Bass3588 t1_j7i34am wrote

Fkn awesome…watched this 4 times waiting for something to happen

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ice12916 t1_j7j5jyn wrote

This is incredible. Reminds me of some shots from Hereditary where it takes your eyes a second to adjust to the dark and then you notice things. Very well done

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CCrypto1224 t1_j7jjj99 wrote

Hope Mr. long mouth likes porn.

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Nowraidond t1_j7i1ih8 wrote

Awwww...buddy just wants to see what you're watching!

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ejusdemgeneris t1_j7j0m5s wrote

This was me trying to sleep after recently watching Skinamarink

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Legacy-ZA t1_j7j9hxq wrote

Ghosts/Aliens = Demons

Call on the name of Jesus Christ to help you.

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BillMPE t1_j7jcjx4 wrote

Why do I always see these just before bedtime?

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Sir_Loafer t1_j7odcap wrote

Must have smelled his breath

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Elo_Solo t1_j7wvvsu wrote

What my sleep paralysis looks like

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Cardo076 t1_j85lcck wrote

For all we know this actually happens to everyone every night.

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micro--man t1_j87ejid wrote

That is eerily similar to a recurring nightmare I kept having growing up. It would have been fine if the details of my house weren't so exact

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JoyTheGeek t1_j9xm3in wrote

Satan. Satan made this.

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