Can you sleep with the closet door open?

[bowieee]

When I was watching The Lost boys the other day corey haims character asks his mom to close his closet door so he could go to sleep. I realized I'm the exact same way. I don't know if it just has a bad rep for housing the boogey man or what the deal is but I get nervous at night if my closet door is open. So I decided to call a survey to see how many of the horror loving schmoes out there have the same problem as I. (by the way the concept of Monster Inc. is actually really really scary if they had decided to take it to an adult level, Who wouldn't be scared of monsters jumping out of their closet to harness their screams for power)

[MICHAELvoorhees]

My closet doesn't even have a door, its a big closet with no door, its kinda creepy.

[stevereno]

I HAVE A BIG WALK IN CLOSET

but its full of crap and i cant even get in there

anyone desperate enough to kill me and gos out of their way to fit into my closet, deserves to kill me

SHIVER ME TIMBERS

[Horror_Fanatic]

I have sort of the same problem, if that's what you want to call it. I can't sleap at night if any door in my room (whether it be the closet or the door to my room or the doors on my TV cabinet)are open. I'm not scared, I'm just weird.

[James_Sully_Sullivan]

Nothing's gonna pop outta MY closet http://www.joblo.com/ubb/wink.gif

[Jeepers Creepers]

My closet doesn't have doors is kinda a weird closet I have but it has a curtain.

[Cyclonus]

I simply can't do it, not since reading these scary stories as a kid.

[ominous_oat]

Well....my closet has a door, a desk, a computer, a chair, and tons of junk in front of it...so I wouldn't worry about anything being in there...

[The Rob]

I used to be scared but not for a couple of years now.

[Boogeyman]

i have to have the closet dorr closed for some reason. i dont think that its because somthin is gonna pop out...but, i dunno. im weird like that.
just like how i hate ice in drinks...lol

anyway
later

[James_Sully_Sullivan]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Boogeyman:

just like how i hate ice in drinks...lol

anyway
later</font>

You do?...I couldn't live without ice in my drinks...but I hate wearing a watch...LOL

[Corpse Candle]

Well I have to have the closet door closed otherwise I'll just fall out.

[James_Sully_Sullivan]

how's that?

[Corpse Candle]

Well when I go to sleep I tend to lean to the side.

[teenkiller]

I can do it. I don't have a problem with it. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[James_Sully_Sullivan]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Corpse Candle:
Well when I go to sleep I tend to lean to the side.</font>
Oh!

[Swaj270]

When I came in last night at about 11:05pm i went straight up to bed. I switched the light off and got in. 1o minutes later I had to get out and shut my closet door because it made me feel uneasy. Also towels have a habit of falling (or jumping?)out. Creepy

[Dark Minister]

Closet door being open isnt too bad, but up until I was about 19 I always looked behind the shower curtain when I would go to the bathroom. I always had this feeling that someone was back there and if I didn;t check I would be in the middle of peeing and be attacked by a knife welding psycho.

Oh, and Boogeyman, I hate ice in my drinks too-makes them taste watered down!

[Freddy Krueger]

my closet doors wont close. i have so much shit in it the doors only close halfway. its kinda creepy cuz on the top shelf in the closet theres a real scary lookin teddy bear there from when i was little. its always starin at me and shit, it freaks me out.

[XCoRyX]

i hate when my closet doors open and a shirt is hanging out and it looks like an arm...freaky shit that reminds me of clownhoue and theirfore will make me shove my face in the pillow and close my eyes...damn shit!

[Mr Dark-Light]

Ever since I watched that episode of Ghostbusters that had the Boogey in, I always have to have my closet door closed when I go to sleep. I always feel that it will become a door way to some sort of neither region if I leave it open.

[Michael_myers]

my closet has my clothing in it, so anyone desperate enough to kill me has to perch on my dresser and risk breaking my 18" mike myers doll, and there neck

[Ghostface 2000]

No i can't sleep with the closet door open it creeps me out for some reason.

[gorysnoopy]

i dont have a closet in my bedroom....
but i cant sleep with my bedroom door open.

i also cant sleep unless i leave the t.v.on.

[Sam Hain]

lol
you guys crack me up!

i had the closet problem when i was younger,but it was mainly because i was afraid of the dark.
now nothing seems to scare me,and that sucks.i loved that feeling you get when youre scared shitless.

[bowieee]

Im glad there are more people out there with the same problem as me http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif.

[Psychocandy]

I have a closet story. One of my friends was moving into a new house years ago. Anyway...because the electicity was metered the lights weren't working so we got together and plotted to play a joke on a mutual friend of ours. She asked him if he could help carry some boxes up to the house and put them in the room upstairs. The room had a closet.

Anyway...I had this full on creepy looking hooded cloak thing that I had just bought thinking that I could wear it to a Halloween party some time. It was kinda like the cloak that the killers wear in Scream. I also had a glow in the dark mask. It was like a really mangled demonic face.

So...I hide in the closet and wait for him to come upstairs with the boxes (to avoid accidents the boxes didn't contain anything too heavy or fragile...just magazine and books).

Anyway...i've been in the closet for perhaps ten minutes and I hear footsteps on the stairs. When he comes into the room I erupt from the cupboard wearing the cloak with the glowing mask on waving a toy knife that I borrowed from my little cousin.

My friend screamed like a girl (he was a guy) and ran out of the room, along the hall and locked himself in the toilet. As I walk down the hall towards the closed toilet door all I can hear is a voice from inside the toilet saying "Jesus Christ...Jesus Christ...Jesus fucking Christ..." over and over.

I don't think my friend recovered fully for a couple of hours. To this day it's still the worst fright he has ever had.

He found it hard to sleep in a room with a closet (open or shut) for a couple of weeks afterwards.

Funny shite.

[pedro]

I have trouble sleeping with the closet open, if it is ajar, i have to look inside to make sure it's empty, not only from people, but killer dolls as well. At least i'm not as obsessive compulsive as my brother who can't sleep when the tags on the sheets of his bed are at the head end (tag must be at foot of the bed!!!!).

[skweemkween]

I just moved into a new apartment with a HUGE clothes closet so I am in closet-heaven. I don't care if it's open or closed! I'm just happy! http://www.joblo.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Now I can go by more shoes!!!!!YaY!!!


(Ok, but I can't sleep without a fan or air-conditioner on, it's a noise thing.)

[Larie]

My closet door must be closed-just like my room door must be open

[XCoRyX]

i also hate when you have you door closed a bit and the wind creaks it open and you have your eyes closed and you think someones walking in your room,creepy shit.

[bowieee]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Psychocandy:
I have a closet story. One of my friends was moving into a new house years ago. Anyway...because the electicity was metered the lights weren't working so we got together and plotted to play a joke on a mutual friend of ours. She asked him if he could help carry some boxes up to the house and put them in the room upstairs. The room had a closet.

Anyway...I had this full on creepy looking hooded cloak thing that I had just bought thinking that I could wear it to a Halloween party some time. It was kinda like the cloak that the killers wear in Scream. I also had a glow in the dark mask. It was like a really mangled demonic face.

So...I hide in the closet and wait for him to come upstairs with the boxes (to avoid accidents the boxes didn't contain anything too heavy or fragile...just magazine and books).

Anyway...i've been in the closet for perhaps ten minutes and I hear footsteps on the stairs. When he comes into the room I erupt from the cupboard wearing the cloak with the glowing mask on waving a toy knife that I borrowed from my little cousin.

My friend screamed like a girl (he was a guy) and ran out of the room, along the hall and locked himself in the toilet. As I walk down the hall towards the closed toilet door all I can hear is a voice from inside the toilet saying "Jesus Christ...Jesus Christ...Jesus fucking Christ..." over and over.

I don't think my friend recovered fully for a couple of hours. To this day it's still the worst fright he has ever had.

He found it hard to sleep in a room with a closet (open or shut) for a couple of weeks afterwards.

Funny shite.</font>

I feel sort of bad for your friend. Poor guy is probably sitting on a couch right now paying someone 100 dollars an hour trying to get through his traumatization. http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Sam Hain]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by skweemkween:

(Ok, but I can't sleep without a fan or air-conditioner on, it's a noise thing.)</font>


i know exactly what you mean.
w/out the a/c or fan going,im not sleeping.

[gorysnoopy]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by pedro At least i'm not as obsessive compulsive as my brother who can't sleep when the tags on the sheets of his bed are at the head end (tag must be at foot of the bed!!!!).[/B]</font>
omg i do the same thing!!!!!
i hate the tag being near my head!!!!!!!!

[bowieee]

Tonight at work one of the kids at the crisis center I work at was freaking out about a stuffed animal underneath a near by crib. he kept saying What is that? It looks like eyes and a mouth..Is it going to get me. I picked up th stuffed animal and showed it too him so he made sure to see that it was only a toy. Now That made me remember when i was a kid and objects in my room looked scary when the lights were out. My hamper looked like a giant mouth and there is no way in hell any unauthorized stuffed animals made their way into my room after lights out or I would run over and throw them in the closet or out my door if they were freaking me out due to my over active imagination combined with the darkness and shadows. Have you had any experiences with certain objects in your room that took on a much more eery presence when the lights went out?

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[pedro]

Don't know about objects, but my sister, scary enough as she is, once freaked me out reeeell bad....

...I went to bed one night and was lying there about 10 minutes. I was almost asleep when i felt something under my back that started making me uncomfortable. Upon looking, nothing was there. Alright?!.. so i lay back down and shut my eyes again, and yet again, i felt something under me. But it was different this time, i actually felt it MOVE under me. Something was under my bed. I shit myself, i didn't know what to do, i sure as hell wasn't going to stick my head under. So, i jumped off and looked under from a distance, my sister crawled out and laughed hysterically. I should have smacked her one for that.

[Dirtmunky]

I prefer it to be open, i think the scary part is seeing the door opening and not knowing what is opening it. If its already open, you can see it straight away and its less of a shock..lol. Although when i was younger i used to close it, because i had a panda teddy bear in it and at night in the dark it looked like Michael Myers mask.

And anyway, of there something in there, im sure a door isnt going to stop it, not trying to worry you door closers out there or anything http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif



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[Krisellis]

this was never a problem for me......i was more scared of what might be in the attic (shudder)

[Psychocandy]

I'm actually just back from holiday. The upstairs room I was staying in in the cottage had a big cupboard with sliding doors. This didn't disturb me at all. What did disturb me was the existance of a smaller cupboard door in the wall to the right hand side of the inside of the cupboard. This door was locked and only came up to about chest height. Neither I nor my friends could work out any reason for having a locked cupboard door there because as best we could work out the wall it was set into was an exterior. Weird.

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