Quickwrite #5

I don't really have a reoccurring nightmare or dream or any particular character that haunts me, but when I was younger I did. I watched E.T. for the first time when I was around 7 or 8 and was terrified of it. The alien, E.T. scarred be for some reason, so much so that in my dreams and imagination, a mutated alien figure resembling E.T would constantly terrorize me. I adopted a fear of turning my back to windows, so that when I had to turn away or walk away from a mirror, I would yell or scream and run to get away as quickly as possible. It didn't help that there was a huge window behind the stairs, so every time I went down them, I would run, scream, and flail my arms. Not only that, but I had a fear that the alien creature would be where I could not see it in the room; behind the closet doors, under be bed, in the dark corner of my room at night, etc. This continued for months or maybe a year until I gradually grew out of it.