My Stepsister Can-t Rest Alone And Decides To S...

However, for a long period (months/years), it is a pathology. It enables her dependence and destroys your sanity.

There are certain things they don’t prepare you for in the "blended family handbook." Sharing a bathroom? Manageable. Splitting holidays? Tricky, but doable. But when your teenage or young adult stepsister announces that she cannot physically rest alone and has decided that your room is the only place she feels safe enough to sleep? That is a curveball no one sees coming. My stepsister can-t rest alone and decides to s...

Sometimes, it is simply clinical. Nyctophobia, or an extreme fear of the dark/nighttime, doesn't disappear just because you hit puberty. Your stepsister may have always had this fear, but previously had a parent or sibling to lean on. Now that the family structure has changed, you are the designated "safe anchor." However, for a long period (months/years), it is a pathology