Are you still afraid of the dark?

Question

I know my friends and I are still afraid. I also had an English teacher who was terrified of it. She said that when she goes to bed she has to turn off the light and run as quickly as she can to her bed and pull her bed covers over her head.
For me, I find the dark to be frightening because you can never see where you're going, and for all you know there could be somebody ready to jump out at you.

Answer 1

Yes, I am too! It seems that when the light of the day has gone, so has my ability of thinking rationally...
My fears might be a bit unusual though. I'm not afraid of scary men behind my curtains, but of things with even a less chance to happen: like I'm starting to sweat and my heart starts to beat like a train when I think a snake might come out of the toilet when I have to go there at night. And whenever I visit my parents, I just run inside the house out from the garden, because I'm scared that aliens (type E.T.) are watching me (blush...)

BTW, Fyzzykitty's comment doesn't apply to me, my eyes are -5, making the dark even more obscure... woohoohoo
And don't both snakes and aliens have movement and night vision or some sort of thing?!

Answer 2

In some cases, I still afraid of the dark.
Specially when I see frightening movies or when I know I did something bad. It's like a kind of punishment.

Answer 3

The Dark has never been a threat to anybody since it is only a state (absence of light). It's the nasty things that often lurk in the cover of darkness that we have reason to fear, and for me, that entirely depends where I happen to be. I make a point of avoiding dark car parks and alleys for that reason, but the darkness of my own house during a power cut, poses no threat to me other than perhaps stubbing my toe or bumping my shin as I fumble around trying to find where I put the @#$%^&! flashlight and candles.

Answer 4

Redcandy... Did I ever teach you????
I am afraid of the dark and the apartment I had for the earthquake scared me senseless. It was in Sakizagca Mahalesi and the bedrooms were in the back and I didn't like to go back their in the dark...so I would run from the salon to the bedrooms. I'm glad I don't live there anymore. I didn't have Lulu (my Van kedi) then, the keeps me brave. I'm not as afraid as I used to be.

Answer 5

As a child I used to be afraid of the dark a lot but not anymore! I enjoy looking at the stars and the moon now!

Answer 6

I haven't been experiencing absolute dark and absolute loneliness for so long that I really don't know.

But when there's a power cut, I like to stop and listen to the natural sounds. I think that means I am not really afraid of the dark.

Answer 7

It depends on my psychological condition =p After I watch horror movies I just can't sleep in the dark without imagining the villain in the movie inside my room, perhaps preparing to kill me, torture or kidnap me. Then I start to link every single sound to the villain. ("omg what was that? He's in the kitchen?!" *screams in her mind*)

If it's a normal day, I can sleep in pitch black rooms. My room is always dark anyway. (haha I guess that isn't very convincing considering what's written in the first paragraph)

Answer 8

In a manner I am! For instance when I'm all alone in a big flat at night, I always leave a light on-not in my bedroom. Also, when I walk in dimly-lit streets, I am often scared. Generally, I prefer not to be alone in the dark!

Answer 9

I dont like to be alone in the dark. If I am alone I leave a little light on just like in the hallway or another room .

Answer 10

Yes I am.

It is funny to admit it at the age of 37- but I still wake up in the middle of night sensing it if the power goes off .

I prefer to blame it to my wild sense of imagination and since I like horror movies , they are effecting it or I am nuts :)