Were you ever afraid of the dark?

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Emogirl999 · Accepted Answer

Yup and I still kind of am. Most of the time I can walk around my house in the dark without any issues but sometimes usually if it's really late I'm too scared to go downstairs, if I have to go downstairs for some reason when I feel that way I have to turn on all the lights and when I turn the last one off I have to sprint to my bed and pull the blankets over me to feel safe lol. I know it's kind of childish and stupid but it only happens sometimes, usually if it's late and I'm alone at home or if I just watched or saw something scary. I was even worse as a kid though, I either had to sleep with the light on or I had to have someone stay with me in my room until i fell asleep.

ShaTTeredMasterpeace · Accepted Answer

I was but I also used to not be able to sleep without it being pitch black. So I'd shine my phone light around the room every few minutes until I fell asleep. Now I can't sleep unless my projector stars are on.

FunkyMonkee · Accepted Answer

I don't think so, although, there WAS a point when the "Paul Is dead" rumour was spreading like wildfire that I got some screwy notion in my head that, if I didn't rush up the stairs to my room on the 3rd floor, he was gonna come racing out of my parents' room, right behind me, with a huge knife and try to stab me with it so, I'd always scramble up those stairs on all 4's as fast as I could! This went on for several months, if not a year, or so. I seem to recall it having something to do with "Revolution 9" which was SUPPOSED to have lots of hidden clues in it as to his death.

MCheetah · Accepted Answer

Yeah, when I was younger. I used to have these nightmares that a portal to hell or some dark dimension would open up at the base of the bed when I was sleeping and suck me in, and I couldn't scream because my vocal cords no longer worked and that it only happened in total darkness. Keep in mind, I was like seven when I had nightmares like this, and they were reoccurring, too. It took me YEARS to get over being afraid of the dark. I had to Batman that sh*t and face the fear head on, including spending hours in a pitch dark closet.

melanieeeB · Answer

Yeah as a kid I was, I always needed a light on but I did learn to trust the dark and not be so scared anymore.  You tho?

NathanDavis · Answer

nope, always loved and lived in the dark as much as possible, and still do... my younger brother was, though... which made it very funny sometimes (for me, not for him... lol)

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

People aren't afraid of the dark, they are afraid of disatvantage.
In the dark you can't see well, so other things actually worth fearing can sneak up on you.

In most cases people refer to being afraid of the dark as a kids thing, but if you go into the woods as an adult, and walk around like you're invincible, you'll get eaten by predators.

As a kid I didn't buy into boogie men or monsters, but I new being in the dark was more dangerous.

silkjames · Answer

Night time the Dark actually relaxes me like at night outside look up in the sky there are tons of stars or when there's a full moon or a eclipse and when it's 4 of July the fire works:) or out on my boat fishing at night the shy is lit up with stars can be beautiful sometimes that's just how I always been sense I was a kid I love it Darkness lol!

ArtemisSilver · Answer

Naw, but one time I was working as a security guard, walking around in a dark mechanical loft to check on some machines, and my walking by woke up a pigeon in a vent which freaked out and started slamming around, dropping feathers and screeching. Shared the hell out of me, thought for sure it was a fuckin Chupacabra or something.

crossdressingrihno · Answer

I used to be afraid of the dark I was almost always in the dark though so that's kind of contradictive I'm not afraid of the dark anymore honestly feels much better than all of the other stuff now

humanearth · Answer

Nope, because I have a Dark Sucker Theory Please read

TheMajesticKing777 · Answer

When I was a kid but now the dark is my advantage and my shield 😁

jennifer_bloom · Answer

I was afraid of the dark until age 19 when I had a nightmare and asked Jesus to rescue me. I still get rare weird dreams but they are no longer scary, just annoying.

megabamse · Answer

I was as a kid. So what i did was to go down in the basement, turn the lights off and sitt there. I would do that every day for a while. I did that with everything i was afraid of, i would face it head on till i could control the fear i had.

Still-alive · Answer

only in areas where i don't know my surroundings. but i was never scared of the dark in my room or home ever

Zealconsumesme · Answer

Always, I'm not gonna hide it, something scary can come for you any time and the dark makes it that much easier, a time for people to prey on the kind hearts of others

bigpauly · Answer

Oh yes, very. Had to sleep with a nightlight when I was little

Sour-rose · Answer

Yes. Just because I can't see and you can't see what's looking over you... still scared of that.

purplepoppy · Answer

It's what's hiding in the dark that you need to be afraid of.

DonkeyDan · Answer

As far as I know I've never been afraid of the dark.

StephanieGirl75 · Answer

When I was younger always kept the bathroom light on.

AviatorTom · Answer

I still am, but it's not my serious phobia, that's acrophobia (fear of heights).

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

Yes when I was little my brother use to hide under the bed and scare the shit out of her

genericname85 · Answer

i think nobody is afraid of the dark. i think people generally are afraid of danger they may not see because of the dark.

Cleopatra1980 · Answer

A kid i was i now enjoy it. I can’t have light in my room not even a clock. I have an iPad for that. And I use don’t disturb from a time to a certain time.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Yes, cause you never know who is lurking outside, a lot of crazy people out there

sheikalana · Answer

I used to be afraid of the dark as a kid. Sometimes it still makes me feel uncomfortable.

Phoenix98 · Answer

Hmm 🤔 not really as far back as I remember I’ve always liked the dark.

douride2 · Answer

It wasn't the dark I was afraid of. It was what you couldn't see in the dark that scared me.

Anonymous · Answer

I used to be afraid of the dark after i watched the film "The ghost and the darkness"
It freaked me out big time.
Was scared untill i was 14 years old.

Now the dark frightens me because of possoble attackers/murderers.

cantthinksttaight · Answer

Yeah for a period when I was eight I was petrified of the dark

Mark987 · Answer

When I was younger yes from ( 4-6 years old) I used to sleep with a night light on in my room lol

clampfan101 · Answer

Probably, but not not very long. Now I love it. lol

Waldoe · Answer

yes... but I learned to be still, be calm and wait for my eyes to adjust... it works.

dustybiker · Answer

No. Always the opposite. It comforts me.

Amur8711 · Answer

Yes, still am at time because you get stuff in your head and syc myself out

User_69 · Answer

yea when i was kid. I thought there is a under my bed and it's appear when it's dark :)

LilyByte · Answer

yes still am sometimes

DaisyM23 · Answer

yep, more as a child but still now I guess?

dysrhythmicheart · Answer

I still am a little. I sleep with a night light

amyisme · Answer

Yes the dark is bigger than me

ChiTownLov · Answer

Only in certain places like the woods

Agape93 · Answer

A bit yeah when I was younger

exitseven · Answer

Not that I can remember.

bowenw · Answer

Yes, especially when I was a young kid under 6.

Anonymous · Answer

No, I'm afraid of what's IN the dark.

MatteBlaxk · Answer

As a kid, yes. Not these days.

Mynameisbobby · Answer

When I was little I was.

Likes2drive · Answer

Yeah when I was younger

Adam_West · Answer

No.  Not even a bit.  It completes me.

TrillXHippy · Answer

Don’t think I ever was

Jltakk · Answer

As a kid, yes. Post-depression, nope.

BLP11520 · Answer

When I was 5 or 6 oh yea...

Beerluvr · Answer

When I was a kid yes.

Sare09 · Answer

Only after watching Chuckie

Prettysammie · Answer

I still am

skyeee_ · Answer

yeah

Pudsmucker · Answer

When I was a child.

Wise4myage · Answer

I love nights.

Cubus · Answer

Most people were

moonpie89 · Answer

I was as a kid

MrJMM · Answer

Yes.

UpdateGloomyNights_ · Answer

Yes I'm

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