Fear of darkness

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i will start with the cliche "i thought i woz the only one" becoz i did.
im posting a reply becoz i dont feel as embarassed or ashamed of being afraid of the dark as theres older ones o n here who are.
i read somewhere that autistics r consumed with fright .&thats definitely he case for me. i keep my t.v. on and hall light on allnight or my brain "teases" me and puts scary thoughts in my head by the way im 19!
it's funny but i think i got aspergers from when i woz around 4 and had a severe nightmare where i hallucinated and my brother says i woz never the same since.
probablyy after a vaccine
anyone else annoyed bout vaccines?

When I was younger, I was very affraid of the dark. I wouldn't go into another room or go upstairs at night unless someone else went with me an switched the light on.

I used to have nightmares and imagined horible things would come out of the darkness to get me.

Luckily, I grew as I got older, these fears diminished.

I was afraid of the dark for a long time, but now I kind of like it. It's a challenge, for example tring to walk somewhere without being able to see.
I still get afraid of it right after I've seen something scary (I really need to stop watching sci-fi at night.)
A good thing for fear is some sort of mantra, like "fear is the mind killer" or my favorite: <shameless self promotion>
The Sirlegyth
I shall not fear the darkness, for it is what I was.
I shall not fear the light, for it is what I am becoming.
I shall not fear death, in it I shall live agian.
For when we die, we shall be raised, we shall become the Valhin'di, the great ones who live to watch over us...
Forever.
</shameless self promotion>

I used to be afraid of the dark when I were younger.
I have overcome it by pure reason, though.
I realized that there is actually less things in a dark room, so if there was nothing there before, now there's less than nothing...
I went out in the middle of the night and sneaked around, merging into the darkness, becoming one with it, like a cat or ghost.
Sit in the darkness and observe, pretend that you are the most dangerous thing there and that you're waiting for something to attack.
Try to walk around in your room, apartment or house in complete darkness. Go to the bathroom, do your business, wash your hands, go back in the darkness.
Notice that nothing happened. THink about that every time you do it. That nothing happened.
Nowadays, I keep the lights off quite often, because even when they are on, it's hard to illuminate my apartment, so I only turn them on when I need them.
Even so, I still get a bit anxious from time to time, but when I think about it, being afraid of something that's not dangerous, I get so pissed of that any ghost wouldn't dare show itself.
Besides, the things that scare you wants your fear. It's their food staple. If you don't give it to them, they will go away.
I sometimes hear things that go bump in the night, but mostly I figure it's natural causes.
If not, it's not dangerous unless it comes after me with a knife or something.

Now you've made me work myself up so I'm scared

What I don't get though, why the words "hoax" and "sweatshop"?
They're both bad things, but is it the words you're afraid of or the concepts?

Im scared of the dark but Im not scared of going out at night.

It's not totally a fear of the darkness with me...I have a degree of nightblindness...having night lites on is much better than getting up in the middle of the night and peeing in a flower pot.

I have the tiny rice lights strung in a few places...beautiful...they stay cool, and they come in alot of different colors...I love them.

Don't be too hard on yourself. I am a 44 grandmother who can't stand to sleep in total darkness. I find it very claustrophobia-inducing. Also hate being closed up in any dark stuffy place. I've been afraid of the dark all my life.