Creepy and Sad

As you know, Ruby is what I call "hyper-sensitive". This ranges from everything from noise to touch to her feelings. There is a girl at my Mom's that has started picking on her. She yells at her to scram and calls her stupid. The rest of the afternoon she is sad. I am in for a doozie once school starts. I am trying really hard to teach her to stand up for herself and she actually is, but then she is still crushed.

Then there was the "monster" episode. We have had a few since, but she still goes to bed. Now it is when she wakes up that she is horrified, screaming, and running out of her room. Not always, but about half of the time. She tells me every day that she is scared of her room. Not the closet, just her room. Then, last night happened. She was really tired and at 8:55 she I told her five minutes to bed time. She just got up, turned off the tv, and said she wanted to go to bed. We had our usual routine. When I was done with the last song she asked if I would lay with her because she was scared. I assured her that everything was ok, kissed her, and walked out. 15 seconds later she started screaming. I went in there and reassured her again, then closed the door. 10 Seconds later she is screaming and running out of her room. At this point I am a little upset. I try really hard not to baby her too much. She needs to get over her fear and go to bed. After 20 minutes of this she is white, shaking, and WILL NOT let go of my shirt. I try "The Nanny" approach for ten minutes. Now she has spiraled into a full-on panic attack. So, I ask her what she is afraid of, thinking it was going to be: the monsters, mommy. Nope, she tells me there is a boy in her room. He is tall and he stands at the foot of her bed and looks at her. His head is as high as the roof(the ceiling) and he has hair like Trevor's(I am assuming that means blonde) She said he is not always there. He doesn't talk. He just stairs at her and scares her. Sometimes he is there when she goes to bed and sometimes he is there when she wakes up. WTH!!!!!! I did not get her to sleep until after 10:00pm. My mom even called because she could hear her screaming. I don't know if I believe in ghosts, but last night I kinda did. Even stranger, I grew up in the house next door. We had the most bizarre neighbors that lived in the house we live in now. The room that Ruby is in was their sons room. We were in the same grade in high school. He was a social outcast and kind of a loner. He would tell his parents all kinds of bizarre lies about things he said he saw. For example, he told his parents that my mom and I laid out naked in the backyard together??? He was tall and had blond hair and I have no idea where he is today??? I swear I'm not crazy, but I am definitely FREAKED OUT!