Nightmare as a Child story
A strange little girl reveals secrets about the past of a school teacher. Directed by: Alvin Ganzer. Story by: Rod Serling.
7 total · 6 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with post-traumatic stress | major | Helen/Marky had suffered amnesia after her mother was brutally slain in Helen's bedroom. |
| coping with the death of a parent | major | Helen gradually recalled the events of her mother's untimely demise. |
| hallucination of a non-existing person | major | Helen's repression of the memory of having witnessed the brutal murder of her mother manifested itself as a 10 year old version of herself who only she could see. |
| repressed memories | major | Helen repressed, or blacked out as it was described in the story, the memory of having witnessed the brutal murder of her mother. |
| what if I had amnesia | major | Helen had forgotten, or suppressed, her childhood memories. |
| what if I met myself from a different time | major | Helen met a girl named Marky, and gradually came to recall that she had been that girl in her youth. |
| murder | minor | Selden had brutally murdered Helen's mother many years ago, and now he was out to murder the only witness: Helen. |