Something Scary Happened Today

[Arcticfuzzybunny]

I am a kid, the age of 12.
Today I found out that there was a child molester in the small city I live in, and kinda near I live too. I found out about it from the news.. the first article about him was how he broke into a child's home and did something bad to her.. and then recently about how his wife and him divorced and now he says he wants to kill her. It's scary. But now it's late at night and I can't sleep, because I keep thinking scary violent thoughts about how I want to hurt my parents! I dont though! I love them and it makes me so scared to think about it but I can't stop :'( Ive never experienced this in my whole life and I don't know why I am now. It's late and I can't go to sleep but I don't know how because I try to block it out then it pops into my head again and I start to freak out and get scared. Please help. :'(((

 

[Rinka]

Hi @Arcticfuzzybunny welcome to the forum.
That must have been scary for you. The thing is though that a lot of people have those thoughts, but they don’t mean it. At night a lot of weird things will come to your mind, especially after hearing about the molester in your town. Maybe read a book or listen to some calming music that will help? Check out some mindfulness videos on YouTube they will help you as well.

 

[Arcticfuzzybunny]

Hi @Arcticfuzzybunny welcome to the forum.
That must have been scary for you. The thing is though that a lot of people have those thoughts, but they don’t mean it. At night a lot of weird things will come to your mind, especially after hearing about the molester in your town. Maybe read a book or listen to some calming music that will help? Check out some mindfulness videos on YouTube they will help you as well.

Thanks for helping me, I read some more about it off of other websites and I just tried to stay calm and tried to not care about it. And finally I fell asleep, now I'm just waking up and it's not bothering me at all.

 

[Menesis92]

Fear is a natural thing to have honestly I thank its healthy I thank it great that you're recognizing the evil that is around you being you're age is difficult cause of all the changes I try too stay as connected to your parents there the only people in this world with your best interest in mine

 

[Arcticfuzzybunny]

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[Claraviolet]

When I was a kid, I hated darkness. I was afraid of supernatural elements. It was my mind playing games with me of course but those ideas were horrible.
When you came to know of something horrible, your mind will keep on pointing out the worst case scenario. During those times, it better to distract yourself by doing something. Of course, when it comes to sleep that's not entirely possible. Still by counting the numbers or paying attention to your breathing, might do the trick.

It's not easy as it sounds and at first it wouldn't work but if you keep on doing something, without giving up and try to look at the bright side always, you wouldn't feel anything else. So, try to be positive at all times, no matter how hard it is. At least you could always try. Good luck!