So my family recently moved, and I’m very scared to live in this new house that we have. It might sound weird but I don’t like houses. I have never wanted to live in a house, and we have been living in an apartment all my life but now my parents decided it’s too small for our family and my nightmare came true – we moved to a house. 

The main reason why I don’t like the house is that I don’t feel safe here. Our last apartment was on the last storey in a tall building and I could be sure no intruder will climb in through the window. There was only one door leading in and out and everything was just in full view. 

Now here, in this house, there are windows everywhere, very accessible and anyone could break them and enter. There’s the front door, back door, basement door, and garage door and I’m constantly stressed about if they’re all locked or maybe someone let something open. 

If I’m on the second floor, I’m thinking all the time if there’s someone on the first floor and I cannot see them. I cannot be home alone at all, because all I can think about are intruders and burglars. It’s difficult for me to sleep at night because every little sound makes me jump.

My parents laugh at me and tell me to stop being ridiculous, everybody wants a house, not a small apartment. Well, not me. I don’t like living here, I’m scared all the time.