That sounds extremely scary, artemis. Well done!

I was listening to a couple of friends of mine, roughly my own age, talking about scary movies the other evening. They were discussing how, when they were little, if they were scared of something (such as a movie or something on TV) their dad or mum would talk to them about it and, I dunno, comfort them or something I think. Possibly even sit by their side as they fell asleep. I stayed out of that discussion, partly because I still don't particularly like horror films (or books, either) so didn't have anything to contribute there, but partly because the notion of telling a parent (or anyone else) that I was scared of something would not really have occurred to me, I think. Is that weird?
As for having a parent there when going to sleep - well. I have had insomnia for as long as I can remember, and pretending to sleep was something I was really good at when I was a preschooler! As long as somebody was there, and awake, I could not sleep. Again, is that weird?