scared of the dark

[Smugleaf]

I'm 19. Is it still OK to be scared of the dark? Every time I see a dark place or have no lights on at night I think that some killer is lurking in the shadows getting ready to get his knife out and stab me to death.

Sometimes I have to go to the bathroom at night and nobody in my family closes the bathroom door except me. There is always a reflection facing the front door of the bathroom and every time I walk into it I see myself approaching and it makes me scared. It feels like my reflection is actually someone else getting ready to kill me.

About a week ago I went to the bathroom at night and came out and when I came out I heard a ringing tone for like a second, coming from the lounge. There was no cell phone there. How was that possible? I have a computer at my room and in the middle of the night I heard cough-like sounds coming from the monitor screen and I started panicking.

Also, a few days ago I had a dream and ended up going to my room at night. It was dark and I tried to turn the light on but no light came when I pressed the switch. I started getting afraid because it wasn't working, and because just seeing the curtain there glowing with a bit of light coming from the outside gave me shivers.

Am I normal?

[DeniseAfterAll]

Originally Posted by Smugleaf

I'm 19. Is it still OK to be scared of the dark? Every time I see a dark place or have no lights on at night I think that some killer is lurking in the shadows getting ready to get his knife out and stab me to death.

Sometimes I have to go to the bathroom at night and nobody in my family closes the bathroom door except me. There is always a reflection facing the front door of the bathroom and every time I walk into it I see myself approaching and it makes me scared. It feels like my reflection is actually someone else getting ready to kill me.

About a week ago I went to the bathroom at night and came out and when I came out I heard a ringing tone for like a second, coming from the lounge. There was no cell phone there. How was that possible? I have a computer at my room and in the middle of the night I heard cough-like sounds coming from the monitor screen and I started panicking.

Also, a few days ago I had a dream and ended up going to my room at night. It was dark and I tried to turn the light on but no light came when I pressed the switch. I started getting afraid because it wasn't working, and because just seeing the curtain there glowing with a bit of light coming from the outside gave me shivers.

Am I normal?

I had this exact same dream scenario with the light switches that won't work. Funny how the brain knows exactly how to scare you ^^

[Laura1990]

Don't worry, I'm 22 and still afraid of the dark. Every time I need to pee during the night, I have to turn every light in the house on :/

[Strwbrry]

I get scared sometimes. Especially after watching horror movies or Crime watch. Then I have to have a night light on and my teddy bear next to me, lol so embarassing.

[whatevzers]

Just focus on going to sleep and staying asleep. idk drink some green tea, put on relaxing music, think happy thoughts If you do wake up in the middle of the night, try turning on a night light or use the light from your computer screen as a light source.

[tehuti88]

I'm kind of scared of the dark too. Sometimes after I have a nasty dream I'll be afraid of putting my foot on the floor beside my bed--a terror of something being under there and grabbing me! Sometimes it takes everything I've got just to look under there to make sure, not that that convinces me!

I have some good reasons to be afraid of the dark--outside, we have lots of wild animals wandering around--but inside the house, the worst that could happen is I'll run into something. Still. I sleep with a desklamp on. I just feel I'll wake up in total darkness and be utterly confused and bewildered so it's easier this way. (And yes, I also have fears of murderers and rapists and more mundane things than, say, ghosts. Though I'm sure a ghostly appearance would freak me out too! )

And for YEARS I could not look at myself in a mirror because of a particularly scary episode of Amazing Stories. Mirrors in the dark were way worse because of the whole "Bloody Mary" thing...ugh.

I, too, have had similar dreams of trying to turn on the lights and either the power goes out or the lights just don't work, or they go dimmer and dimmer and dimmer...scares the crap out of me. A recurring semi-nightmare of mine is of me being outside and it suddenly gets dark, just a dim sun in the sky, a disk that gives off no light, and I'm trying to find my way back to the house since I can see the window lights but they seem so dim and far away and I just can't seem to reach them or even see my hand in front of my face...

[TrcyMcgrdy1]

I ams uper scare dof the dark. i leave my bathroom ligh ton when i sleep! It isnt killers that get me though, it is ghosts! I am afraid I will wake up int he middle of the night and see a ghost staring at me through my window or at the foot of my bed! I am scared now....

[Poster]

Play Slender. That really helps.

[Savan51]

Im GLAD in one way to hear about others that r like me.Thought I was the only one who had these awful feelings.They truely suck.Sorry. Im 60,& still dealing weith this same thing.Im unable to go to bed without a lite.Even though I know there is nothing to be afraid of,my mind is different.I live in woods,been here for 32 yrs-with family,NOW I live mostlyby myself. I have had this "fear anxiety" just as Im waking.I dont know where it comes from,how I got it. Im hoping to ridmyself of it. Im working right now with Robert Smith-FASTER-eft-YouTube.I watch videos.Very well put I went thru hell-childhood.

[Dissonance]

Spend time in darkness it helps.

[DefendAll]

Oh thank god im not alone im 17 a scared of the dark lately i been okay but sometimes i jus need the dam lights on

[theseventhkey]

Originally Posted by Smugleaf

I'm 19. Is it still OK to be scared of the dark? Every time I see a dark place or have no lights on at night I think that some killer is lurking in the shadows getting ready to get his knife out and stab me to death.

Sometimes I have to go to the bathroom at night and nobody in my family closes the bathroom door except me. There is always a reflection facing the front door of the bathroom and every time I walk into it I see myself approaching and it makes me scared. It feels like my reflection is actually someone else getting ready to kill me.

About a week ago I went to the bathroom at night and came out and when I came out I heard a ringing tone for like a second, coming from the lounge. There was no cell phone there. How was that possible? I have a computer at my room and in the middle of the night I heard cough-like sounds coming from the monitor screen and I started panicking.

Also, a few days ago I had a dream and ended up going to my room at night. It was dark and I tried to turn the light on but no light came when I pressed the switch. I started getting afraid because it wasn't working, and because just seeing the curtain there glowing with a bit of light coming from the outside gave me shivers.

Am I normal?

Yeah your normal, think of it this way, "What can get you in the dark, can get you in the day."

[jJoe]

I get paranoid in the dark :S Its not been so bad this year but sometimes I can't sleep at night because of it, if I ever try and go to sleep when everyone else is already asleep that gets me paranoid too.