Is anyone afraid of the dark?!


Question: I'm 22 years old and still get paranoid sometimes when it's dark...i guess it's just a nattural reaction..but even when I'm home, to go to the restroom in the middle of the night, I still have to turn on the lights ...I get scared 2 walk in the dark in my own house too!


Answers: I'm 22 years old and still get paranoid sometimes when it's dark...i guess it's just a nattural reaction..but even when I'm home, to go to the restroom in the middle of the night, I still have to turn on the lights ...I get scared 2 walk in the dark in my own house too!

I do EXACTLY the same thing. I'm 23. I have a very vivid imagination, and I end up scaring myself with mental images of what could be behind me, no matter how hard I try not to! I think all human beings are afraid of the dark, really. We're very visual creatures, so darkness, where we can't see, is naturally going to be stressful. In fact, I think I read somewhere that in stress tests, even people who claimed not to be afraid of the dark scored higher stress when the lights were turned off. It's just how we're wired.

i think u r just a sook

its all in your head...i promise!!
Next time, take slow steps to your house, and dont think about anything bad, cause its not going to happen.

frankly yes...i have the same problem too...but i don't liek to tadmit it!...lolz...

well when l go to bed at night l keep a nite lite on

Not I, said the wolf!!

It happens. And it's nothing to be ashamed of!

No one really knows what goes 'bump' in the night, and it's always best to be paranoid rather than fearless.

yeah, me too.


with the world we live in today, its sad that we have to worry about things like that.

Yes

Nah. I prefer the dark, actually.

But I understand why you'd be afraid of it. I mean, you never know what's there. That's what makes it so scary. But it's not, really.

get a gun...or a dog

I have the same problem too and I'm 14! Every time I go to the bathroom I check the shower curtains to see if any one is there!!! I get scared cause I always think someone is there!! don't worry its natural!

yes. but more of when i am closing at work and i can't see to make it to the door.

You need a Native American Indian shaman...they can stop your fear of the dark...it worked for me one session and i was cured!

Mind over matter....dont let your mind control the dark ...

Is anyone NOT afraid of the dark?
Now it may not be the same deep fear as when we were younger, but I would have to think that most people have a time or two like you've described...I know I have! I mean how could you possible walk around a dark house???

Yes! I am. Only when i'm alone though. If i'm in a dark room walking I speed up it's like a natural reaction for me lol and I litteraly run to turn the lights on...

;] hah

you will get over it some day. It just takes time for some.

Me too!!!!!!!!! I'm always paranoid that someone is going to jump out and grab me and take me away!

I still have to have a light on in the hall way...and im 40.

its a comfort thing.

Perhaps this is not the time to tell you about the time I got up to get a drink in the kitchen and stepped on the LARGE king snake that came in through the dog door. I turn on the lights now too.

yes,when I am alone

yeah me too! im not sure if im scared of the dark but i dont like scary movies either so.... i think im more scared of there being things there that i cant see.

I am just like that i am 23 and i am the same way. I get up to go to the bath room every light has to be on like my bed room and the bath room. I freaked out about the dark.. I dont like the dark at all

Yeah, I'm kinda afraid of the dark. Not soo much but a little. But I can see why you are afraid. I get creeped out sometimes too! But eventually we will both get over it!

Hope this helped!!!! = )

i only get scared after i watch a scary movie
i get creeped out that whatever movie i was watching that the bad guy or thing is in my room
but its all just in my head.
you should just shut your eyes and think of happy things
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yeah i am and im your age, and i always have to shut the closet door too, i think its coz ive been watching horror films since i was really young, my parents never really had any rules. and i live with my boyfriend and hate it wen he goes to the bathroom at night without turning any lights on and i can just hear him moving about-argh-horrible!

and i read a story wen i was a kid about a girl who was left alone for the night by her family while they were visiting a friend, so she locked and bolted her front door, shut all the windows and locked them, went upstairs and locked her bedroom door, throwing some stuff in front of it like a barricade, she checked under the bed and behind the curtains and shut them then checked in the closet-nothing, so she turned off the light, got in bed and closed her eyes and a voice said 'great.now we're all locked in for the night.'

ha ha!none of you will sleep for days!

i dont think your afriad of the darkyour just afriad of the things in them

Don't feel bad, I'm 25 and am still very afraid of the dark. I always keep a light on and refuse to go into a room that is not lit up, even in my own home. It's natural I think.

haha, i have the same thing going on. especially if i am already a little spooked because of something else. i don't thing there is anything wrong with it, it is a little paranoid but it's totally natural to want to be able to see what's around you. plenty of people have equally irrational fears.

I'm 20 and I'm super scared of the dark and do the same thing sweetie. I think it's kind of normal =]





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