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Originally Posted by *Nikki*
It's a good thing you haven't seen the movie "The Strangers" before your doorbell might have rung at that time  |
Gahhh, It's in my dvd player right now from Netflix. Hubby and I watched it twice in the last week and he just left yesterday morning until thurs. night for work. I'm living on pins and needles. I totally believe something so senseless could happen (not that I think the movie was based on reality).
We have moved 4 times since 2000 and I feel like I haven't slept well since, I am constantly sleeping with one ear open to any noise that might be someone breaking in. Like Jewels it can lead to a lot of strange dream states where I'm in that inbetween place and will hear a noise in my head that sounds real. I'll sit bolt upright with my ears craned, listening for the slightest sound or footstep. I have to talk myself into believing it was a dream when it turns out nothing was there, sometimes an hour and kinked neck later.
This all stems from a show I saw years ago about a woman who was asleep when a man broke into the apartment. The first thing she was aware of was her fiance being shot in the head and killed, then the man raped her, shot her in the head and left her for dead (she lived). The sheer base terror for me at the helplessness of losing my husband like that (moreso than my own safety) led to my nightime neuroses. I don't think I'll ever sleep peacefully until we can someday afford an alarm system.