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writes: Hello, please help me.I am thirteen years old, old enough to be left alone in the house on my own. My parents leave me all the time, and I want them to so I can get used to being alone, but I never do because I get so scared. I don't want to talk to my parents about this, and I really want to be able to stay alone on my own in the house, so telling me to leave staying alone until I'm older won't help either. I just imagine things, like a hand or a face peering round the door at me, and I have to run and hide. I know I'm being so stupid and just, well, paranoid, but it's really serious to me. Please help XXXX Reply to this Question
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reader, eyeswideopen  +, writes (3 February 2006):
 What I would do is make sure all the doors and windows are locked, blinds or curtain shut, and curl up with a really good book or watch a FUNNY movie.
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reader, mommyofthree +, writes (3 February 2006):
 It makes it hard to give advice when you have already decided that you don't want to hear that you should talk to your parents or that maybe you should wait to stay at home. So even though I know you don't want to hear it I am going to give you my opinion, take it or leave it. Perhaps these fears are because you are still a bit immature to be at home alone. The world is a scary place these days and there is nothing wrong with admitting that maybe you aren't emotionally ready for the responsibility of being alone. Also, talking to your parents could help, that way they know what is scaring you and can perhaps offer you solutions to these fears. Maybe the know a neighbor close to you that can be keeping an eye on the house while still allowing you to be home alone, that way you know these things are not real and you know an adult is nearby if you need one. ood luck.
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