Poll Are You Afraid Of The Dark?

[livergirl70]

Hooray I'm not the only one scared of the dark.:eek:
I've been scared of the dark for as long as I can remember and have always made excuses up to have a light on somewhere. I don't know what caused it but I don't think PTSD has helped with it as a lot of my traumas happened at night which has just reinforced my fear

 

[freakofnurture]

Because of the traumatic situation in which I grew up I have been terribly afraid of the dark for most of my life. I'd hide under the covers after having switched off the light, clinging to my stuffed animals, not moving, not breathing, bracing myself for a monster to grab me - until I moved out of my p*rent's house at age 20.

I still sleep mostly with my head under the blanket, but I am not scared. I still get a little paranoid sometimes when I leave my bed without switching the lights on (my night vision is really bead because of visual snow), but I learned to transform whatever creature is following me into my Inner Helper.

EDIT: I feel safer at night now, actually, because everybody else is asleep and no one will bother me.

 

[Gamereign555]

Sometimes I will have an intrusive thought about a movie or something terrible or am currently afraid something might happen (probably no more often than anybody else) and the darkness might make me anxious if the thought wont go away.
Other than that simple example no, I don't have issues sleeping in total darkness either.

 

[Rob_Dog19]

When I was a kid I was afraid of the dark, but that went away for a while. My fear came back when my abuse started because my abuser would sometimes sneak into my room at nigh or grab me while i walked from my room to the bathroom at night...I wasn't afraid of the dark as long as my eyes were closed, but I was and still am afraid to have my eyes open in the dark...The nights that my eyes were open and I could see him coming, I wasn't able to block out what happened nearly as well as when I never saw him coming

 

[jo may]

NO I'm not scared of the dark for me the darker the better. Even though most of the time it was dark when he would come home from the pub and force himself on me.

 

[Srain]

No, never. Dark is for hiding...for disappearing into, it's when the stars and the Moon come out. Dark is when I'm safe and can finally sleep.

 

[bittersweet]

I chose other because it depends on where I am and who I'm with that will determine if I am scared or not. If I am in a familiar place like my home or my parent's home or my in-laws or a good friends then I am completely fine even if I am alone in any of those places. If I am outside in the dark alone then I get scared because I am always thinking someone might jump out and abuse me like I have been in the past. Typically I find comfort in the dark.

 

[Orsino]

I feel comfortable in it.. but I'm petrified at the same time? If that makes any sense.

 

[Incendiu]

I am not. I feel safer in the dark. I feel calm.

 

[NIKI]

I don't like being in the dark because then the intrusive thoughts in my head get so loud I can't stand it.

 

[LostBear325]

I have been afraid of the dark since I was 8 years old. My brother used to lock me in the closet for hours at a time. And I would start to see things. So, now I can't stand to be in the dark. It scares me so much.

 

[Rob_Dog19]

No, never. Dark is for hiding...for disappearing into, it's when the stars and the Moon come out. Dark is when I'm safe and can finally sleep.

That's so beautiful Srain!!!! Just reading that somehow made me relax a little