Scary
Step aside, Boogie man.
Move over, monster in the closet...you've got competition.
My oldest-usually so logical, got scared by an email sent to her by a peer. This email said that if she didn't send it to 12 other people she would be in mortal danger. It affected her more than a scary movie would.
I tell her it's just a chain letter. Nothing's going to happen. She was afraid to sleep last night. Nothing I said to her calmed her down.
I reason with her. Still nothing. She's afraid that "Teddy" will be under her bed, waiting.
She asked me, "Mom, when you were my age, wouldn't you be afraid of a scary email?"
Me: I really can't answer that. I didn't have a computer when I was your age.
Her, smirking: Oh, yeah, ancient history.
Oh, the smartie pants! I pretend to be insulted: Hey! It's just that I didn't have a computer in the house back then. Nowadays almost everyone has one in his or her house.
Her, clinging to me: I don't wanna be alone.
Can this be happening? Can chain letter emails put fear into people like that? Just delete it. If I had gotten an email I thought was "cute" but had threatened me bad luck if I didn't send it to 10 people, I copy and paste it and omit the bottom part. I also use "blind copy" to send when I want to send it to others. This elimates the long list of emails before the email body from previous senders. I do admit that this particular email didn't have a "cute" message, though. It was sinister, it threatened bodily harm.
I admit that scary movies affect me. I am glad to be able to turn off my hearing aids during a really scary part because of the eerie music. That helped. The other night I watched Ghost Hunters. I totally freaked. I reason with myself that it's all special effects. I guess that I have to meet a ghost in order to believe that there is one. But still, my heart pounds as I check to make sure the doors are locked before turning in...
I was soooo tried last night. I couldn't reason with her. She was afraid something was going to happen to her. I tell her she's going to be okay. (Sage advice from someone who spooks easily, though I know it's ridiculous.)
I tell her to pray and put her trust in God. It comforts me. Of course, I don't have to listen to the sounds of the night. When my hearing aids are out, I am deaf. I can't hear the "bumps" in the night.
Still, it's crazy that a little email can put such fear into people-without eerie music coming out of the computer speakers.
A wise man once said, "You have nothing to fear except fear itself."
Maybe except for this:
Move over, monster in the closet...you've got competition.
My oldest-usually so logical, got scared by an email sent to her by a peer. This email said that if she didn't send it to 12 other people she would be in mortal danger. It affected her more than a scary movie would.
I tell her it's just a chain letter. Nothing's going to happen. She was afraid to sleep last night. Nothing I said to her calmed her down.
I reason with her. Still nothing. She's afraid that "Teddy" will be under her bed, waiting.
She asked me, "Mom, when you were my age, wouldn't you be afraid of a scary email?"
Me: I really can't answer that. I didn't have a computer when I was your age.
Her, smirking: Oh, yeah, ancient history.
Oh, the smartie pants! I pretend to be insulted: Hey! It's just that I didn't have a computer in the house back then. Nowadays almost everyone has one in his or her house.
Her, clinging to me: I don't wanna be alone.
Can this be happening? Can chain letter emails put fear into people like that? Just delete it. If I had gotten an email I thought was "cute" but had threatened me bad luck if I didn't send it to 10 people, I copy and paste it and omit the bottom part. I also use "blind copy" to send when I want to send it to others. This elimates the long list of emails before the email body from previous senders. I do admit that this particular email didn't have a "cute" message, though. It was sinister, it threatened bodily harm.
I admit that scary movies affect me. I am glad to be able to turn off my hearing aids during a really scary part because of the eerie music. That helped. The other night I watched Ghost Hunters. I totally freaked. I reason with myself that it's all special effects. I guess that I have to meet a ghost in order to believe that there is one. But still, my heart pounds as I check to make sure the doors are locked before turning in...
I was soooo tried last night. I couldn't reason with her. She was afraid something was going to happen to her. I tell her she's going to be okay. (Sage advice from someone who spooks easily, though I know it's ridiculous.)
I tell her to pray and put her trust in God. It comforts me. Of course, I don't have to listen to the sounds of the night. When my hearing aids are out, I am deaf. I can't hear the "bumps" in the night.
Still, it's crazy that a little email can put such fear into people-without eerie music coming out of the computer speakers.
A wise man once said, "You have nothing to fear except fear itself."
Maybe except for this:
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4 Comments:
I get easily scared too, and also want to be comforted by having someone else around me. Enjoy the bonding time that this allows.
Poor girl!
It stinks to be scared. And by an e-mail no less!
Karma-You and me both.
Michelle-Ditto. Isn't there enough to be scared of?
I dislike chain emails and always delete them
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