The Nightmare
Age ~ 18 months
I was sleeping soundly when suddenly I felt horrible fear. I started screaming at the top of my lungs. My parents came running. I was standing in my crib, screaming, scared out of my wits. I was sure that horrible scary things were outside my window and that they intended me great harm.
Years later I saw a picture of that same window. The curtains on each side were made of a paisley patterned cloth. The color of the curtain background was a dark brown. Viewed at night, only the paisley “eyes” would have shown in the night. Even so much later (I was in my last year of junior high when I saw the picture) I had a visceral reaction to the picture showing those curtains.
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