Is it normal to believe something is always chasing you up stairs?

I'm a 19 year old female, and if I didn't have a boyfriend, I would say you were my soul-mate...

I have the same paranoia too! I'm scared simply because I don't like the idea of not being able to see what's behind me, and a staircase is the place that I feel most vulnerable. I would say it's one of those habits we continue from childhood. Some of us loose it, but some of us don't.

Its the same for the 'If every limb is under the quilt, the monster won't get me' thing.

Dude, you just made me feel so much better. I'm a 16 year old girl and i thought i was batshit crazy every time i did this.

i have the same feeling, once when i was about 5 we were playing in the yard and i went up the back steps to go inside and a big hand grabbed my ankle. i knew who it was cause he called my name ( man with brain damage from over the road) i peed on his hand and ran inside, so yeah same

Been years since you posted this, but yeah this happens to me all the time. Like a few minutes ago. It's cureentry 3am in England and I wentitled downstairs for a quick cigarette. I was using my phone light and everything was all normal. But I knew what was coming. I knew as soon as I'd finished the I'd have to get up themy damn stairs as fast as possible. Thing is I can't exactly run up the stairs incase I wake someone up. I have to walk slowly. It's fricking torture. I think I know how ando when this originated. Back when I was a toddler/7 year old, I had a phobia of Gollum from the Lord Of the Rings. I'd have terrible nightmares where I was upstairs at night playing on my playstation 2 with my door open and my mum next door to me. I heard a loud bang and rushed to my mums room. When I lifted up her blancet she was a skeleton. Decomposing before my eyes. Then I was unable to talk or scream. So I ran out of her room and noticed my staircase and banister had grown tall. Looking down it looked like I was on the edge of a building. At least it felt that way. All I could see was darkness. Then I moved on to the staircase. Gollum was right at the bottom. Jesus, I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it and it's been nearly ten years. He was at the bottom looking more mangled and pale than usual. I rushed to my room and slammed the door. I don't remember what happened next. All I can remember after that was me waking up. Not actually waking up though, I was still in the dream. Thinking it was finally over I walked out of my room only to notice HE WAS there. Stood in the spacentre between my staircase and banister. He'd grown into a behemoth. His fucking eyes still haunt me. I can't even describe them. He picked me up... I can't remember what he did after that though. Anyway, I think that my phobia of walking up the stairs at night stemmed from these horrible reoccurring dreams. Yeah, it wasn't just one. It was every singl night. I actually had a dream about him again last year. Walked down stairs thinking I was awake and saw him in the living room. Again looking all mangled. I said to myself 'Oh fuck this. I'm not going through this again' so I ran into that room and I assume I kicked the absolute shit out of him. Can't really remember.

i always thought something like the grudge was chasing me up the stairs. 8I

And you are not alone.
It's pretty normal

This literally just happened to me, my family is home and all the lights are on but I had a freakout on the stairs and had to go up sideways with my back to the wall. Its happened to me since middle school and im a high school senior now. And it's only up stairs for me too. I didn't know this was a normal/common paranoia! Now I know :)

i run up AND down the stairs when nobody's at the floor that I ran from

This only happens to me at night when I'm alone. There's something about being the only awake person in a semi-lit home. I get so scared, I feel like I'm being watched. When the paranoia fully starts to kick in, I dash up the stairs stopping for no one. When I get up the steps, I sometimes do a victory dance and try to catch my breath. I'm usually so scared that I'll run into a room and wait there, still scared. My mother witnessed this once and told me that I had some "problems" and that I needed help:/ I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one.

Lol I get that that feeling too sometimes. And at night if I stand by my bed I always get this creepy feeling that something is going to grab my leg. So annoying!

Its normal. That happens to me too.

OMG!! i feel this way all the time, only i only feel that way when someone is behind me.

Haha I have this to!!! It's so fracking creepy. I watch alot of scary movies though :P It's also only going up, and not down. I feel like I'm not safe until I'm in the light again. I'm not going to lie, I feel like there some effed up ghost shit behind me

I remember from my child hood that I was at the top of the stairs, and I looked back to see a shadow with glowing white eyes,and I will never forget the growl of that thing!!!

(My house was haunted BTW) Just repeat this phrase in your head "there's nothing to fear but fear it's self."

There used to be a few spirits in my house, and the "guardian" spirit would always chase me up the steps. Although that was really the only place I ever felt anything chase me going up steps.

i'm 13, and i've been doing this for as long as i can remember. i also always put my hand behind my back so i can feel if something tries to catch me. its relieving to know i'm not the only one!

It's called paranoia. Totally normal, but you might want to one day try to get yourself to just 'walk' up the stairs.