FNAF lore has traumatixed me.

Reminds me of the time when I was like 8 years old and SWORE I saw something move, so I grabbed a flashlight and checked everywhere: the closet, under the bed, on top of the bed, the hallway outside my room... Do I need to elaborate?

Something similar happened, I was 9 at the time, when I was about to go to sleep I heard a scratching noise, I hugged my bunny doll so tight for 2 minutes, and then decided to investigate, i grabbed the flashlight on my nightstand, and ventured to every room except my parents room, I quickly rushed downstairs and searched every room there, even the basement... When I was 7, my dad told me that the dogs and cats died that died there haunt the basement, especially the Halloween costumes.

So I pointed my flashlight to every corner, until I reached the end, I rushed out, and decided to get a midnight snack, I got a loaf of bread and spread peanut butter on it, and poured myself a glass of warm milk, after my snack I decided to go back to my room, but I still couldn't sleep, when I was just about to doze off, my dog barked at me, he rushed at the plushies and then I shined my flashlight at him, he went away whimpering,

I meant "." Wanna see a part 2? Imma post it later

I think yours is scarier though

Alright, here's part 2

I turned off my flashlight then my cat popped up, she couldn't see the plushies so she walked away, I had a cassette tape player that plays calming music and white noise, I played it, then my other dog came, when he heard the music, he whimpered and walked away, I did this for 30 minutes, and my insomnia was still holding me back, I played on my tablet for 3 minutes, played soothing music for 12 minutes, then doze off. I kept hearing voices in my head saying "William..." (yes my name is William)
"Do not resist temptation..."

"You are Satan's child now..."
I woke up and my brother said "Are you okay? Nevermind, let's go play Nintendo in our pajamas! Yeah!"

And then ends there, Have a Bento Box... For absolutely no reason 🍱

Nvm drove off topic there, actually I dreamed of petting a black cat in a white room

No, but holy sh*t. That must have ben horrifying. It's happened to me a few times. I have this attic connected to my room and the door move by itsel at night sometimes... creepy stuff.

It's actually why Crying Child is my favorite FNaF character: you can relate to him whether you believe he's the FNaF 4 player character or not (since some do believe it's Mike). If you do believe he is, then having a vivid nightmare or creepy nighttime experience in your room is relatable. And anyone with an older sibling probably has had a time where they would be messed with 24/7.

I'm an older sibling and I usually don't like terrifying my brothers. They do tho.
Once I noticed the downstairs light turning on and off, not letting me sleep. I went downstairs to see if the lightbulb was broken. I went to the kitchen and turned on the light, and my brother was there, smiling like a psycopath.
I was paranoid of flickering lights for a week after that...

...Sibling stuff in general then.

Hello there😏

HELL NAW

this legit happened to me once, I had 3 dogs, but all 3 of them were small dogs, and I suffer from insomnia so one night I decide to watch tv and something starts moving so my dumbass 5yo self grabs a Nerf and my tiger flashlight and I go outside to check, I'm not kidding when I say I saw a human/wolf-like figure in the staircase, I ran back, locked my door, and watched all the fnaf lore I humanly could to repel the thing away (5yo logic) before noticing that it was time to go to school (I saw the thing at around 2-3 am)

It was a rabid furry. I get it.

could be