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My Daughter's 'Cure' Almost Killed Me

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My daughter always said I lived like a scaredy-cat. She was fearless, a renowned extreme adventurer, mastering everything from rock climbing to deep-sea diving. On her 20th birthday, to "fix" me, she deliberately cut off the main power and locked me in our pitch-black basement. "Mom, modern women should be brave. You've got to cure this fear of the dark! I'm not even afraid of thousands of feet of deep sea, why can't you be more like me?" Skylar laughed, live-streaming, recording my journey to conquer my fear. Listening to my terrified screams and the scratching on the door from inside,…

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