like my town is small about 500 people tops. And we have quite a few breakins. I understand that living in the country normally gives a person a false sence of security. the government likes to give fals sences too(www.slate.com this is a site of things that you prob woudn't hear otherwise. Including Ruby Ridge.)
2006-11-18 16:11:54 · 6 answers · asked by (Vicki) 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I don't dream. I sleep light(probably because of the phobia). I also have to have noise(radio, tv, MP3 player, someone else snoring whatever just some noise to say I am not alone)
2006-11-18 16:21:48 · update #1
scary movies don't bother me and the phobia started two years ago I only really started to watch scary movies this year and they dan't bother me I like them.
2006-11-18 16:23:04 · update #2
Fear of being in the dark can be triggered by watching a scary movie, or hearing a report of a crime happening after dark. It puts the thought in ones head that bad things CAN happen after dark where before you might never have thought about it.
As a kid I went through stages when I would be apprehensive about going out in the dark and then it would go away. GO FIGGER! Mostly I think it hinges on the fear of the unknown. You can' t see if something bad is out there, so MAYBE IT IS???
I live far out of town and it is very dark some nights when I have to take trash down to the edge of the road for pickup. Some nights I don't have a second thought about doing that, but then a couple nights ago I started down to the road and had the weirdest feeling come over me that there was SOMETHING out there. So, I went over to the house and switched on a yard light that shines almost to the road 300 feet away. Sure enough there were some raccoons and a deer scampering away after the light spooked them. I suspect they were nibbling on the pears that fell off the tree.
If you are like me you enjoy the full moon nights. You can sit outside and see everything but it is such a soft light it is soothing. lI have never been spooked on a full moon night. Hope its like that for you too.
2006-11-18 16:21:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to start with Ruby ridge was murder by a government agency and their agent.. I mean he had his rife scope trained on a baby, and it's mother who was inside her home. He evidently wanted to kill two with one shot and seceded. It was nothing but planned murder by the authorities. That isn't average crime.
But to answer your question a 14 year old can develope a fear of the dark after she grows up..Often soem small children do not fear anything. I have a grand daughter we have ot watch because she doesn't, and would unlock the door and go out at night if her parents didn;t watch her.\
Usually when have a fear it is either soemthing frightened you when you were smaller and you do or do not remember what happened. or it's just a natural fear due to the media with it;s daily casts of murder, rapes, and other crimes they report. It's a rough time and to not fear is sometimes impossible.
2006-11-18 16:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually it happens as result of some traumatic experience, however it could be because you feel isolated where you are. Get involved with others and get a dog, they help a lot. It is nothing to be ashamed of as you have good reason if they are break ins going on. I have dogs and I am an adult, because of break ins and other bad experience. They are great in helping calm down fears, should it continue you may need to consider talking with your school counselor.
2006-11-18 16:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by VLEEKS47 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not only is it normal, it's probably healthy, in this society it's best to pay attention to your fears, if you don't have a dog go to the pound and adopt...not a puppy but one about a year or more old, nothing quite like a quiet dog to sooth your fears, when he's barking get nervous.
2006-11-18 16:23:42 · answer #4 · answered by curious115 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can be afraid of the dark at any age.
I remember walking through the woods at night in the pitch black dark and not being scared.
But I also remember being alone at night when my husband was at work and waking up from a nightmare and being scared.
2006-11-18 16:15:04 · answer #5 · answered by AveGirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its normal. Its just a fear of unknown danger that is learned with age. If your place is not so secure, anyone will have this fear. So no worry.
2006-11-18 16:24:09 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. Rekhaa Kale 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋