I always feel like I'm being watched when I'm alone

[Jenel]

For as long as I can remember, I've always been afraid of the dark. It wasn't until recently that I realized that my fear usually starts when I'm alone, not just in the dark. When no one else is around I always feel like something is in the room with me. When I'm going to sleep I'm constantly checking all around the room multiple times and still feel like I'm not alone. If someone is sleeping in the same room as me I don't have a problem at all.

Not sure if it's connected but a few weeks ago I had a nightmare where I'm alone in my room and I'm looking at my closet and was completely overwhelmed by the feeling that I was being watched so I run out of my room and that's when I woke up. After I woke up I still felt it but not as badly as in my dream. A friend told me that it means someone is thinking of me and I don't realize it? Not sure.