I would like to preface this that by saying that while it may seem like it, my situation is not a joke. I know that the matter is blatantly out of place with some of these other posts, but it's an aspect of anxiety which affects me to the most intolerable extent.

Basically the anxiety I am speaking of is childlike as I mention in the title however it is much to vague, thus allow me to explain. I at age 17 still struggle with the "monster under the bed," idea. It is rather humorous but it's real. When I'm trying to fall asleep, the slightest noise will cause my mind to spiral and I'll suddenly lose all capacity for ration thought, now suddenly I'm scared that Bobby Barrows from Clocktower is coming to kill me. Then I start getting tense and I'm scared to even move.

Any advice would be appreciated, this may not sound like much but it is greatly affecting me. I just wish I could sleep like a normal person. Honestly a part of me feels kind of ashamed of it, I will literally be an adult in a year and I'm still afraid of monsters.