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2007-02-13 09:13:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Fear of the dark is common in all age groups. It is simply the fear of not knowing what is going on around you, even the slightest noise makes you jump. Notice that when darkness is around, your hearing becomes more efficient, that is because your sense of sight is useless.
2007-02-13 09:19:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, the dark is unknown. sight is most people's most used sense and biggest ally- the dark stops your ability to see.
it is a bit of an unnessacary fear in some cases, but we are taught since children to know our surroundings and watch out for trouble. trouble includes walking it things, tripping over stuff, ect
the dark also takes away our control. that is very scary indeed
2007-02-13 19:16:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure of how common it is, but it has to be one of the biggest fears there is simply because it involves a fear of the unknown. It also involves to a lesser extent, not being able to control what is going on around you.
2007-02-13 17:54:24 · answer #3 · answered by lyssaleighann 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the dark that scares me but my imagination putting thing in the dark that freaks me out!
2007-02-14 04:47:39 · answer #4 · answered by tiffaknee01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only religious people are afraid of the dark. Normal people are not afraid of the dark because they don't believe in supernatural creatures who can be crawling around n the dark.
2007-02-13 17:22:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not only is it common, it is more uncommon NOT to be. This is genetically programmed in all of us from back in the cave man days when we needed to hide from predators at night.
2007-02-13 18:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by Monica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know but I know that Im more scared of the dark then any one that I know and Im 21.
2007-02-13 17:21:20 · answer #7 · answered by misunderstood 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, it comes from the stone age when there were perilous creatures lurking in the dark.
2007-02-13 17:17:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they like to call it Paranoia
2007-02-13 17:17:01 · answer #9 · answered by Cory S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋