Mirrors

By Toni
@toniganzon (72281)
Philippines
July 12, 2011 8:39pm CST
I don't know why i'm scared of looking at the mirror in the dark or in a public bath or toilet when i'm alone. I don't have a mirror in my room but i have it in my bathroom. The bathroom is in my room though. In my parents' house before i had a huge dresser with a huge mirror and a closet with a mirror too. At night when i turned off the lights before going to be, i never dared look at the mirror because i was just scared of what i would see. In my school before, i also didn't look at the mirror in the toilet when i was alone. I just feel that something is going to jump right out of the mirror and that really scare the wits out of me.
9 responses
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
13 Jul 11
I think you have watched a lot of horror movies with that situations Toni. But, i am also afraid of looking at the mirror when the surrounding is dark. Besides, what do we like to see in a mirror if it is dark , when we know that we can't see anything on it.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jul 11
Yes i guess so. But i think it's because of what the mirror reflects that scares me most. Sometimes we just don't expect what to see when we look at it !
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
14 Jul 11
I guess, we are both afraid of seeing another one beside us in the mirror when we look at it in the dark.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
11 Sep 11
hi, yes,me too really afraid to look in a mirror when it is dark or with deemed light alone,because in my mind there is something will appear on it just like what i had seen in a horror movies,even the mirror here in my room,before i turn off the light i will cover first my mirror before i turn it off.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
15 Sep 11
We have the same fear then.
• United States
1 Aug 11
When you watch a lot of scary movies with mirrors you think theirs something in the mirror because I am afraid to look in the mirror when everyone's asleep because I am afraid that its not gonna be me looking back.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
1 Aug 11
What scares me does not necessarily have to be a ghost or an entity from another dimension. It's more like the surprise of another person suddenly appearing next to me.
@catof1 (683)
• United States
2 Aug 11
Mirrors are relflections of our souls just like our eyes are. They are also portals to the other side according to legend. A lot of people first see a ghost or what not in the mirror before they start hearing things in there house.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
3 Aug 11
I've heard about it too but actually I never took that seriously.
@aaa209 (40)
• Israel
18 Jul 11
ooo my god that sounds the same as in the horror movies it maybe thats the problem if you watched an horror movie that has a mirror scene like you say when you are a kid it may be that what effected you to be like that. but dont worry nothing will pop out from the mirror. :D
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
18 Jul 11
Yea but doesn't it surprise you when sometimes you think you're alone and then you're staring at the mirror, but all of a sudden you can see another person there? I'm not talking about another entity but i'm talking about another person who would suddenly crept in without you noticing and just popped out right there behind you. That scares me.
• Bangladesh
26 Jul 11
U know this mirror thing, getting scared of it is because of the horror movies. Every time someone looks in the mirror something scary has to come out!! That's just one of the examples but I gotta tell u that there r some scary sayings about mirrors which maybe correct, now I'm not trying to scare u or anything but I've heard some very spooky things about mirrors. They say that in my religion which is Islam there r jinns which maybe good or evil, they r like us but we can't see them, so u know what I'm going to say. Some people say that jinns can only be seen if they're in front of a mirror and I've many incidents like this before where people saw someone standing behind them. First of all, don't be scared because it's just a saying and second of all if u really have some problems with ghosts, like u attract them then it's better not to go in front of a mirror in the dark.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
27 Jul 11
I'd rather be on the safe side. So saying or not saying, i won't look at the mirror in the dark and i won't look at the mirror when i'm alone in a strange public bathroom.
@kelly10 (678)
17 Jul 11
I too won't look in a mirror if there isn't a light on in the room. I've been like this since I can remember and I don't know why. I'm not scared of the paranormal as I've had that many experiences that it's very normal to me, so it doesn't make sense. I know there is the legend about saying a certain name 3 times whilst looking in a mirror, but for me I know it's not connected to that as it's something that I have never done and I'm not really sure if I believe in that particular legend.
@kelly10 (678)
24 Jul 11
Has no one else heard of the legend of saying a certain name 3 times whilst looking into a mirror? I thought there would have been some replies regarding it, or maybe from someone that had been daft enough to try it.
• Philippines
13 Jul 11
hehehe. Maybe when you are little you watch too much horror movies.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jul 11
Plus the fact that there are so many superstitious beliefs regarding that though i don't believe in any. But feng shui also says that it's not good to have a mirror in the bedroom, but i don't believe that as well. Somehow it has just put fear into my mind.
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
13 Jul 11
I am scared of looking in the mirror in the dark too. But I guess if we do so, we'll not see anything except darkness. When there's light, I'm pretty comfortable looking in the mirror, be it when I'm alone or not.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
13 Jul 11
When I'm alone in the house or in a familiar place, I don't have problems as well. Strange places and schools are just weird. Sometimes they got strange stories too. And suddenly just someone would pop up behind your back while looking at the mirror when you thought you were alone all the time. That's scary.