We are not too far apart in age but something about growing up when we did must have made aliens a big thing for children's fears (surely not all the abduction specials on TV or in the tabloids at the grocery checkout). Aliens were my top thing I was scared about as a kid but I was also fascinated by them.
This was great! I had the opposite experience. When I was probably three or four I thought I was an alien. I have always had super vivid dreams and night terrors. Now that I’m older I have lucid dreaming. Anyway, I thought a little green Martian climbed in my window and then I was an alien. I’ve been waiting for them to come pick me up. Maybe. Where do children get these ideas? I wasn’t allowed to watch tv, certainly not without my parents. I am constantly amazed/horrified by what is on tv let alone games, movies, phones. I have been in therapy since forever but if I were a child now-o no, how will they ever, no, no, no.
"Love gets in the way of fear."
I love that line.
We are not too far apart in age but something about growing up when we did must have made aliens a big thing for children's fears (surely not all the abduction specials on TV or in the tabloids at the grocery checkout). Aliens were my top thing I was scared about as a kid but I was also fascinated by them.
Thanks, Brandon! And yeah - I bet all the sci fi I read didn’t help either.
This was great! I had the opposite experience. When I was probably three or four I thought I was an alien. I have always had super vivid dreams and night terrors. Now that I’m older I have lucid dreaming. Anyway, I thought a little green Martian climbed in my window and then I was an alien. I’ve been waiting for them to come pick me up. Maybe. Where do children get these ideas? I wasn’t allowed to watch tv, certainly not without my parents. I am constantly amazed/horrified by what is on tv let alone games, movies, phones. I have been in therapy since forever but if I were a child now-o no, how will they ever, no, no, no.
That is an intense dream, especially for a kid! I think my daughters would be talking about that for weeks!