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By pussy - 04/05/2009 14:46 - Italy

Today, I was talking to my boss about her children. She told me she didn’t want them to develop any problems by letting them sleep with the light on. I didn’t tell her last night I slept with the light on because I’m scared of ghosts. FML

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By bwoolf96 - 10/09/2015 12:32

Today, in the early hours of the morning, I woke up in sleep paralysis, hallucinating the sight of children hanging from the ceiling. Now I'm scared to sleep. FML

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purplestuff_fml 0

Monday 4 May 2009 20:33

I always sleep with the lights on :(

panda_rectum 0

Monday 4 May 2009 20:36

Don't worry, Capser is the friendly ghost!

Comments

shaPOW 0

Monday 4 May 2009 23:37

*clicks the nonexistent "so what?" button*

Im_Insane 0

Monday 4 May 2009 23:53

I can see how this can be a fear. With the lights off you loose one of your sense, and without your sense of sight anything could happen to you without knowing exactly what it is.

TheGuyNextDoor 0

Monday 4 May 2009 23:57

It is time for you to suck it up, and turn out the light.

lolajelly 0

Monday 4 May 2009 23:58

are you five?

jadeddream 0

Tuesday 5 May 2009 0:06

wtf. I slept with the lights on when I was little, and I don't have any "problems"

pinkducttape 0

Tuesday 5 May 2009 0:06

did you watch a movie or something before bed? i had a room mate that she could sleep with the lights off unless in the evening she watched some stupid horror flick.

SpaceMonkeh 0

Tuesday 5 May 2009 0:09

I don't know what everyone is voting YDI on this one for. While it may not be an FML, a phobia is a completely normal thing whether it be ghosts, or monsters under the bed. There's even a fear of peanut butter that some people have (Yes I study phobias). If sleeping with the light on is a way to deal with it if you are not ready yet to face the fear you have, that is perfectly sane. It is normal, and many people have ways to deal with phobias before they face them. While I would encourage the writer to face their fear soon, you cannot push someone to do so. Especially not by telling them to suck it up. This story may not be as much as an FML as the others I've read, but it's most certainly not a YDI.

goldfalsebond 0

Tuesday 5 May 2009 0:12

Okay, think about this dumb-ass. What the **** will a ghost do to you? phaze through you? Yell out BOO!? move a book? get over, because a ghost cant do shit except for just stand there.

Roddsy 0

Tuesday 5 May 2009 0:20

aw this is a cute FML xD! stop giving the OP a hard time! lols hehe @ #10. i love casperr!! it was awesome when i watched it as a child (still is awesome though xD)