I had a recurring dream quite often when I was young, a nightmare that when I went shopping at the mall with my parents, in the clothing store the mannequins/dummies would somehow draw me away from them... and then never let me leave the mall. They would always keep me there with them and no matter what I did, I'd never get away.
Throughout my early elementary school years (up until grade 4), I would not accept clothing from a store that had mannequins in it (of any sort, even just body parts like arms or waists). I was terrified of them. The sight of one creeped me out and I would scream and cry to be removed from the store. My poor parents could not figure out what the hell was wrong with me because I never told anyone about the dream. I was terrified to stay in the store because I was afraid the mannequins would get me. It got to the point where I had to see a psychologist for my problem- and she worked out a solution where I no longer feared them (and stopped having the dream).
Yeah, I was a weird kid.
A childhood belief about going shopping
others believed things like this
- my mom told me that if i went inside the dresses at the clothing store, the dress would eat me...Anon
- My dad he used to tell me that mannequins were actually people who had been frozen.— Alecia
- I used to think that mannequins were real people who had been beheaded. Creepy thought....
Anon - I remember thinking that the "Nude Furniture" store was some sort of naughty place. — Texas Rocky
- I used to believe that every time i went in a store that the grown ups had to buy me something.— jvf
- I used to think that the clothes in the thrift store were new— Ellie