Did you had any recurring nightmares as a kid? What kind of dreams do you usually have? I have always remembered two different dreams and especially one of them makes me really anxious still when thinking about it.
The dream was that I woke up in my room at night, everything was normal looking, but then I saw a dark characted peeking in from the doorway. I curled up in my bed scared af and prob continued to sleeping after some time. This happened countless times and usually several nights a row.
I'm still wondering why it bothers me so much after all these years.

Dreams are weird, just saying..