Is it normal to get scared aboit toilets and mirrors during the night?

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Since i was a child i have always been scared o the toilet at night. Im now 21 but still get the same thing. Im not literally scared of the toilet itself.... When i was a child at night me and my mate would watch horror films well her older sister would stick us infront of them we was only 6 when we watched nightmare on elm street for the first time. Im okay going to the toilet its when i flush the chain i donno when i was a child i thought this moment would be the one where if a monster would get me. So i would run i still do it. Every time i go to the toilet at night, if my family are downstairs as soon as i flush the chain i bolt downstairs. Its gotten to the stage that i panic if i dont get down thestairs before the toilet has finished flushing. also a recent fear is of the mirror also at night i have watched films also horrors like the candy man, the unborn and mirrors of course. And during the night i have to turn my bedroom mirror around so its facing the wall because im worried that i will see some freakish thing looking back at me.... I know it wont happen but i still get this fear, i have no other fears except these is this normal??????? Sorry about the long explination

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  • DrinaVonCheez
    13 years ago

    I'm kinda the same. Like sometimes I have to stand with my back up against the wall if its a really loud flush lol
    and mirrors are way scary also ha especially at night or like if there's a dark room with a mirror...hell naw I'm not going in there by myself. I blame the whole Bloody Mary thing. To me you are normal. Or maybe we're just too paranoid :)

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  • moomus
    13 years ago

    It's learned behaviour. U remember going to loo at night and associating that fear, it's normal in that way but a pain for you! You have to un learn that behaviour, and that thought pattern

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    So, I'm terrified of toilets at night time. Only night time, and only when they're being flushed. I often sleep in my living room, but the nearest bathroom is in the master. I'll do my stuff, and I will look at myself in the mirror for a good ten, twenty minuets before I'll flush the god forsaken thing. And when I do flush it, I will sprint, and haul ass, to the nearest person, and then I'll be paranoid about it. I have a fear that someone is in my home, and if I flush it, they will hear me. Ridiculous, I agree. But, it's not easy to deal with. I only signed up for this website strictly because I was googling the subject and ran across this. I wouldn't normally sign up for websites like such. But I just wanted to say, it may not be normal, but you sure as hell aren't alone.

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    • alysha633
      11 years ago

      When I read your comment today it put a smile on my face as I haven't heard anything about this in a year and yet people are still googling this subject makes me feel not so alone

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  • Ryuk5127
    11 years ago

    I can't look at sinks, bathtubs/showers, or toilets at night. I keep imagining blood will come oozing out.

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    • ZombieSlayerGirl
      6 years ago

      That didn't scare me until now..

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  • FizzleBob
    12 years ago

    I voted "Not normal" simply because it, well, ISN'T normal to be afraid of the toilet at any time of day. It is, however, understandable *why* you're afraid of it; it's an irrational fear, but it comes from specific experiences and you're aware of it.

    It's just something you'll either have to deal with or move past.

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  • Lamron_Ti_Si
    13 years ago

    Definitely understand. I'm not scared of the toilet but when I go to the bathroom I always have to pull back the shower curtain to make sure there's nothing waiting behind it. Or when I'm in the shower I have to constantly check to make sure nothing's in the bathroom with me.

    When I wash my face I am scared to close my eyes because I don't want to open them back up and see somebody standing behind me in the mirror.

    When it's dark I hate open doors because I'm afraid I'm going to see something standing there in the crack staring at me.

    I also hate windows at nighttime. For some reason I always have this vivid image where if I look at the window I will see Reagan from the Exorcist with her face pressed against the glass!

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Mirrors: yes
    Toilets: Uhhh

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  • Faceless
    13 years ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7o8KuJKizs

    Reminds me of you.

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    • alysha633
      11 years ago

      Put a smile on my face

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  • ZombieSlayerGirl
    6 years ago

    I don't think it's something we should be scared of but clearly a lot of people are, myself included. I have always been scared of toilet flushes at night. Everytime I flush it at night I HAVE to run, I don't even think about it, I just do it. Which is probably seen as weird to my housemates, and I can only imagine is creepy for them, hearing running around late at night... The mirrors, i can't imagine people not finding them creepy though. Why does the room of hygiene have to be so creepy!!

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  • alysha633
    13 years ago

    Lol yea or maybe im just weird lol its nice to know that someone get the same thing as i do

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