Comments on: a bout of vindicated paranoia

By: Catherine

Catherine

I totally understand!! My husband travels a lot for work (and has for years). You think I would be used to it by now. But no. I still think that all the murderers are lurking around my house as soon as he leaves (maybe it would help to stop watching murder mysteries?! naaaahhhh). It doesn’t help that our dog that VERY rarely barks has stood at the top of the steps looking down and barking at midnight a couple of times ONLY WHEN HE IS AWAY. Plus my eldest daughter sleep walks and I wake up to her staring at me beside the bed or from our doorway. SO CREEPY! Seriously, why do they do that? It freaks me out! Some nights I barely get any sleep. I have taken to putting a spare mattress on the floor at the foot of our bed so we can all sleep in the same room and I can lock the bedroom door.

By: Lasso the Moon

Lasso the Moon

Oh my gosh, I’m dying!!! When mine’s not home I sleep with a piggy bank full of dimes under my pillow (it has pointy ears that I could jab into the bad guy’s temple, obviously), I check the closets with a candlestick, and I can’t sleep because I swear SWEAR I hear voices in the air conditioner. As soon as he’s home, I stumble to my bedroom and pass out, blissful to not be the protector any more.
Anna

By: Stephanie

Stephanie

I’m the same way when I’m alone at night! I’ve taken to memorizing this verse and it definitely helps:

Psalm 4:8 – In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.

And my two yappy “guard” dogs help me feel a little better too 😉

By: ashley @ the handmade home

ashley @ the handmade home

In reply to Sarah O.. Amazing. ;}

By: Sarah O.

Sarah O.

I used to walk to my parent’s room in the middle of the night periodically until I was about 8 and stare at my mom until she woke up. In my head, I was paralyzed between pissing her off for waking her up and whatever frightened me enough to get me out of bed. To her, I was a nightmarish Child of the Corn in a ghostly white nightgown. Scared the crap out of her, every time.

By: ashley @ the handmade home

ashley @ the handmade home

In reply to Sarah @ 20 State. HAHAHA smug alpaca. SO funny. That was an actual ski mask hanging from their rear view window. Like a legit killer. I guess to freak people out... like they thought it was funny. I saw that truck on another side of town this spring, months later, and freaked out pointing and yelling like an idiot to my friends. They were all, whaaaa? They couldn't appreciate the creepiness. ;}

By: ashley @ the handmade home

ashley @ the handmade home

In reply to Sarah. WHAT?! I mean, there are no words. Legit terror and reason enough to buy a gun or sleep with a machete. Or a hand grenade. Cray cray!

By: Sarah

Sarah

Do I have a good one for you!
OK, so imagine a snowy winters night, my husband and I hear a noise in the middle of the night but don’t see anyone when we look out the window. We go back to bed, go about our normal morning routine when we wake up…until I look out the kitchen window. Out in the snow I see deep foot prints, like someone walked around our garage, stopped and stared in our kitchen window, and then proceeded to walk around the other side of the house. So I go out to look more closely, and not only did they walk around the back by the garage, they circled the entire house. The steps only appeared to break their circle the one time they peaked in the kitchen window. Such an incredibly creepy thing to wake up to, let me tell you.
Creepy as it was, I don’t think I could get over the heart stopping creep out you had thanks to Emerson and the TV!

By: Sarah @ 20 State

Sarah @ 20 State

Absolutely loved this! I actually finished reading 10 minutes ago but had to finish laughing and drying my eyes and checking behind the bathroom door! I’m paranoid too and happy to admit I once spent a night in a motel when I couldn’t rationalise the normality of a ceiling space cover above my new homes bed, I know it moved! Just out of curiosity, what is in that truck? Looks like a huge owl or smug alpaca!

By: Linda

Linda

This post would have been very funny under normal circumstances… but with hubby out of state for the next 7 days, it brings visions of Jason, the Sandman, and that little girl with all her hair hanging in her eyes ( can’t think of the movie just now). Criminal Minds is DEFINITELY out when hubby is gone. I hide when someone drives up in a vehicle that I do not recognize. This is after I make a mad dash and lock all the doors. I have glass doors and so many uncovered windows in my living area that I have to hide away from the door (and then I can’t see what their doing, darn it!) I listen and if they try to open my door, that is when I’ll run for my gun (or atleast that is my plan). I mean, no one is suppose to try and get in a locked door that you don’t know. I figure the only problem with this is if friends or family get new vehicles and don’t let me know. I use to put a pretty wicked knife under my mattress. Hubby made sure it was moved when he got home. I don’t know why….hmmm I’m so bad that I can’t sleep with my back to the door, so have to sleep all night on the same side. My ear gets sore! lol Hurry home hubby!