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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Today, my daughter was acting strange. When she wasn’t muttering in some strange language, she was talking about invisible people coming to get me. Terrified, I called my boyfriend. Turns out he taught her that as a prank. He knows I’m afraid of anything supernatural. FML
Today, my daughter’s sleepwalking has been so bad that none of us has slept more than a few hours a night in weeks. We took her to a pediatrician, who referred her to a sleep clinic for children that has no openings for 6 months. My boyfriend is convinced my house is haunted, scaring the other kids. FML
Today, my boss told me she had a nightmare where her life depended on me, and I let her die. Now I'm ridiculously paranoid that I'm going to get fired at any second. FML
Today, my mother thought it would be funny to sneak into my room at night and scream like a demon, after I'd explained to her how scared I was of The Exorcist movie I had just seen. She claims it wasn't her. FML
Today, after my girlfriend had a nightmare this morning, I stayed home because she has really bad anxiety issues. A couple of hours later, she's pissed because I said I would stay up, but I fell asleep. FML
Today, I couldn’t sleep because the hall light was too bright. Someone left their room; I waited for them to return so we wouldn’t cross paths. I got up and went for the light, only to find them peeing naked with the door open. In a panic I flipped any switch, which made the hall brighter, then ran. FML
Today, I was the last to go upstairs, so I had to turn off the lights. My tired brain decided to use my phone flashlight to check if all the lights were out. FML
Today, my little sister asked what the noises were last night. It happened to be my dad and his girlfriend fooling around. I ended up telling her it was ghosts. Now I'm grounded by my dad who yelled at me for scaring her. I was trying to save his ass from a lot of questions. FML
Today, my coworker said that she suddenly got the shivers. I jokingly told her that it meant she must be being watched by a dead person and made stupid ghost noises. She then told me it was the anniversary of her dad's death and burst into tears. FML
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
I always sleep with the lights on :(
panda_rectum 0
Don't worry, Capser is the friendly ghost!
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shaPOW 0
*clicks the nonexistent "so what?" button*
Im_Insane 0
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
It is time for you to suck it up, and turn out the light.
lolajelly 0
are you five?
jadeddream 0
wtf. I slept with the lights on when I was little, and I don't have any "problems"
pinkducttape 0
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
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
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
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)
babawaba 0
why would you tell her?