What do you do when you are home alone and scared?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I have read some scary articles today.

[BoopBoopBeep]

Unless I'm having a medical emergency or on of the rescue kittens is sick, there's not really anything I'm going to be afraid of in my house. It'd take an F5 to mess us up in the storm room, and even that would be iffy. There's enough food and water down there to last months, so even if the storm dropped a boat on the exit, we'd be fine there until we were rescued. Fires and floods aren't really a thing here. Bad guys? They'd have to do a lot of work to make it very far, and then they'd be trapped inside with us, which would be less enjoyable for them unless they brought some really evil ist with them.

[genericname85]

i question my fear. fear is meant to protect you from danger. is there a "real" danger or are you just obsessing with unlikely scenarios?

like look at what the emotion you're feeling does. does your fear make you more safe? or does it make you paranoid? if it doesn't make you more safe, then that realization helps regulating that emotion.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I am usually not scared of things.

Very rarely when I watch a horror movie or a very scary story, even though I know it’s highly unlikely, it scares me a lot.

[genericname85]

i mean isn't the desire to feel that emotion the reason you watch such a movie in the first place?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I didn’t watch any movies. I read a scary article accidentally. I didn’t mean to read it, I was just scrolling the internet.

[genericname85]

oh. yeah well anyway. root yourself in reality. think of what can realisitcly happen and try to make a plan for when that happens. that helps by giving your the feeling of being prepared.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Thanks. I am no longer scared, I talk with my friends and forgot what I was scared about haha

[Sour-rose]

Sit in my room and don't come out until I'm ready. But also if alone, gonna walk around in my underwear.

[HelpfulWoman]

Perhaps ask a family member or friend to stay with you.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I am in a different country. In a new city. I don’t know anyone well enough to ask them to stay with me… I don’t usually feel so scared. But I have read some scary article accidentally.

[ShesRad80]

i live alone, im never scared but put on the tv and or a movie, music to fill the house with sound make you feel more at ease alone

[richardcory]

Are you scared of something specific, or is it a general fear? Do you think its a reasonable response to your situation, or an irrational response?

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

No more scared for anything, I just read something scary and was scared about half an hour.

[richardcory]

One trick is to create your own monster - write a story, in your own head if you like. You create teh monster, identify with the monster.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Thank you, I’ll keep in mind 😇 I don’t usually get scared of anything, it happens once in 2 years, I watch a scary movie or something and then sit scared for the evening haha

Then I get distracted and forget what I was scared about

[AviatorTom]

I'm not scared very often when home alone. When that happens, I usually just try to relax. I have, on a few occasions, just put my trusty baseball bat by my side... just in case.

[Agape93]

I relax and read something else. Im worse than most things out where I am, save for moose or a really hungry and stealthy bear.

[sheikalana]

I make sure the front door ir locked. Keep the lamp on in the bedroom and if I can't fall asleep I read a book.

[Ms_Facesitter]

I just lay in bed and cover myself in blankets and get cozy.

[exitseven]

I make sure I can get to my gun pretty quick

[Sparkie460]

I'm never scared at home, I have a dog.
You should just try to relax. Put on some music.
What is scaring you

[soe11]

Nothing happened to me, so no need to do anything.

[justabuddy]

It's best to protect your self. Once you have security measures in place you will feel safer.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

No worries, I was fine, I just read a very scary story and was freaked out for about a half an hour 🤣

[justabuddy]

Good deal

[Friendlybro79]

Watch a comedy lol

[Dargil]

Glock on the coffee table.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Those articles I read - weren’t about any human beings

[MORPHEUS_12]

I do not get scared at home.

[Drumlin2001]

Check doors are locked, and grab a machete

[collie22]

Probably call my brother or my Dad

[Grond21]

Praying is best

[BLP11520]

Check my guns