NothingToFear
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When you were growing up, were you ever exposed to the local urban legends? If they were frequently told around you, did you fear them, or did you generally just take no notice of them?
I have three older sisters and when we were young they loved to tell me that story over and over. They would tell me that even if I thought her name while standing near a dark mirror that she would hear and come and get me. My sisters loved to terrify me with this myth in particular. To this day I still look away from the mirror when I turn off the lights at night.I don't know if this is a real urban legend but I believed that if you ate a watermelon seed that one would grow in your stomach. I was very careful around watermelons ever since. I am also very very scared of the whole Bloody Mary myth that she would show up in the mirrow of a dark room. I could never do it because I was and still am very sure that she would pop up and scare me to death.
I do the same. No matter how hot it is I have to be covered up at night! I think because I was the youngest my sisters just knew that they could tell me anything and I would run with it. If I think of all the crazy things I've heard from them it makes me wonder how I ever got through childhood.I can't think of one in particular, but I believed everything anyone ever told me. I have to have my feet covered in bed, even in summer because I'm still afraid being grabbed (like a sheet will save me!). I am almost 40 and have a night light in the bathroom.
Oh my gosh. This!! I went to a friend's house for a sleepover with a bunch of friends when I was younger and we were freaked out because of a mirror facing us that we had to turn it around. It also took me a while before I could stand in front of a mirror while holding a candle. You never know what will show itself. Eek.Ooh, the Bloody Mary myth. I remember the kids talking about that when I was in elementary school. I was so afraid of saying it (three times) and looking in a mirror.