I am not schizophrenic or anything like that. But I thought there was someone in my house with me and I was home alone. I haven’t felt actual fear like this in years. I was downstairs in the basement and I could hear all this noise upstairs that sounded like footsteps and banging. I first heard it in my moms room and was just trying to ignore it. Then I heard it in the kitchen and I just felt very scared. I was texting my mom I said “I think there’s someone in the house. I’m not joking. I’m going out the garage door and waiting for you outside.” My mom hurried home. I saw the neighbor who lives a few doors down walking around outside. When my mom came home and I told her about the neighbor wandering around she thinks he may have been banging on our door multiple times trying to get her to answer about some work she was thinking of having him do. But I swear that was the worst scare I have had in years.