Unsettling in a different sense than most, but unsettling nonetheless:

I was at work one night in the hospital. Pretty unremarkable night. Woke up…in the ER…confused AF. My first words, to a coworker I know works the ER, who was standing there: “what’re you doin up here?”
She lets out a howling cackle, and says “I’m not up there. You’re down here. You had a seizure. Now you won’t be able to drive for a whole year!!” And is literally bent over snorting-laughing. I had no seizure history. In that moment it felt like my entire life was a snow globe that got shook up and smashed on the ground. I still think about it sometimes. A reminder that your words (and your affect in general) matter.

One of my friends became obsessed with my pregnancy and later my child, but never in a positive/good way.

When I was pregnant, and she was too, she never stopped telling me I could still have a miscarriage, the child could still have birth defects, my belly was too small and therefor, according to her, there was no way the baby could be healthy.

She is still really obsessed with making my child and me look bad.

I always get compliments on how sweet and well behaved my child is, and how she is friends with everyone. Ofcourse she is no angel and sometimes she misbehaves or needs to be told off, but in general, I have a really easy and sweet kid.

Well, according to this person, my 3 y/o is a danger to her children and she cannot visit her aunt anymore, who lives next door, because my child will play in that street as well and she doesn't want to put her children in danger because, according to her, I am a terrible parent who puts no effort at all into raising her child.

The obsession is really creepy.
I would absolutely not cross the road if she's driving there because at this point it is clear that she does not want my child to exist in the same world as hers.

My daughter, at about 4 years old, sat bolt upright in bed as I was passing her room one night and said "Dark forces are coming, mummy" in a completely conversational tone. She then went right back to sleep, leaving me and her father slightly antsy for tthe next few days.

About a month later I realised it was from a trailer for Ben-10 🫣

However, at the age of 19 she does still maintain that there are shadow people in our house who watch us. Which is nice.

Edit: a random w that crept in there.

Daddy was made too inappropriate.

Panties.

Something about it sounds so skeevy. JUST SAY UNDERWEAR 🤢🤢🤢

Eta I had no idea so many people were so passionately devisive about this word lol.

Alpha male.

Unalive.

That when you are older you will be ready and able to handle the losses and trials that life throws at you.

I'm 38 and have just lost my Dad. I feel completely unable to emotionally handle this loss.