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Afraid of the dark...at 28 years old.

Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
edited May 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Is anyone else kind of still afraid of the dark just a little bit? :o

I'm ok most of the time, but then sometimes I just get freaked out when I have to turn off the lights and go upstairs and go to bed. :rolleyes: :D
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    That is pretty embarrassing
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    me too and I'm 27.
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    That is pretty embarrassing

    I'm not really embarrassed about it, but the :o face seemed most appropriate for the post. I think it's kind of funny. :D My sister's the same way.
  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    I totally am. I will admit it! When I have to go downstairs at work to the basement, which is fully finished and very nice I am always terrified because its not my house and its pitch black, so I run down there with my heart racing till I get to the switch.
  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    i love the darkness. Nothing like sitting outside in my patio swing late at night (i live way out in the country, no houses behind me). It's relaxing to me!
    "It's all happening"
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    me too and I'm 27.

    Does it get worse after you see a scary movie? lol :D I'm such a baby.

    The trailer for The Strangers has me all worked up since I watched yesterday. :D But I still want to watch the movie. I never learn. :D;)
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    Does it get worse after you see a scary movie? lol :D I'm such a baby.

    The trailer for The Strangers has me all worked up since I watched yesterday. :D But I still want to watch the movie. I never learn. :D;)
    haha...I just saw that trailer and had to turn some more lights on!!!
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    GraySaturday wrote:
    I totally am. I will admit it! When I have to go downstairs at work to the basement, which is fully finished and very nice I am always terrified because its not my house and its pitch black, so I run down there with my heart racing till I get to the switch.

    Ok that is so exactly like what I do. :D I don't know what the hell I expect to be downstairs waiting for me, but I just get so scared! lol
  • drtyfrnk29drtyfrnk29 Posts: 846
    I have an overactive imagination and at times will get the best of me. I can manipulate a reflection in a window to look like a person peering in at me. Or, the shadow of headlights crossing my bedroom to appear as a spirit or spectre.

    I've spent many a night letting my imagination scare the shit out of me in the dark. And I'm 30. And male. But I pee sitting down.
    I'm so dangerous I smoke dynamite.

  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Indian Summer wrote:
    i love the darkness. Nothing like sitting outside in my patio swing late at night (i live way out in the country, no houses behind me). It's relaxing to me!

    I feel scared just living in such a "remote" area compared to wear I used to live in Chicago. There were so many lights and while I think it kind of sucks to have so much light pollution...it was NEVER dark in my apartment and I miss that. :o
  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    drtyfrnk29 wrote:
    And I'm 30. And male. But I pee sitting down.


    LMAO! It takes a real man to admit it i suppose! Thanks for the chuckle...i'm going to bed on that note!
    "It's all happening"
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    drtyfrnk29 wrote:
    I have an overactive imagination and at times will get the best of me. I can manipulate a reflection in a window to look like a person peering in at me. Or, the shadow of headlights crossing my bedroom to appear as a spirit or spectre.

    I've spent many a night letting my imagination scare the shit out of me in the dark. And I'm 30. And male. But I pee sitting down.

    lol :D
  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    I feel scared just living in such a "remote" area compared to wear I used to live in Chicago. There were so many lights and while I think it kind of sucks to have so much light pollution...it was NEVER dark in my apartment and I miss that. :o

    orange glow.. gotta love it. I could read a book in my apartment with the lights off. (Okay thats a bit dramatic, but still)

    J, you coming back to Chi any time soon for a visit?
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    GraySaturday wrote:
    orange glow.. gotta love it. I could read a book in my apartment with the lights off. (Okay thats a bit dramatic, but still)

    J, you coming back to Chi any time soon for a visit?

    I don't have any visits planned, but I want to soooo bad! I might try and see if can get a cheap flight sometime this summer to go spend a few days with my sister, though!
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showpost.php?p=5491424&postcount=9
    ...and you said you didn't believe in ghosts. :rolleyes:

    I'm not scare, in fact I'd like to meet some ghost to make sure my childhood encounters were valid. :)
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  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    GraySaturday wrote:
    orange glow.. gotta love it. I could read a book in my apartment with the lights off. (Okay thats a bit dramatic, but still)

    J, you coming back to Chi any time soon for a visit?


    Booo, you can't see the stars in the city. I think I'd miss that.
    "It's all happening"
  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    I don't have any visits planned, but I want to soooo bad! I might try and see if can get a cheap flight sometime this summer to go spend a few days with my sister, though!

    Ooh! Keep me posted if you do! I'd love to meet you!

    Back to the dark. If josh is not home when I go to bed for some reason, I go up to bed and leave all the lights and the TV on.. And I make all my cats come with me. I pity the fool that tries to rob me and my attack cats :)
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    I feel scared just living in such a "remote" area compared to wear I used to live in Chicago. There were so many lights and while I think it kind of sucks to have so much light pollution...it was NEVER dark in my apartment and I miss that. :o
    I don't like the dark and I'm 30...something ;) !
    I turn the lights out but I have the light from my cable box and cable modem that shine in the background.
    And I know what you mean, if I am in a suburb or somewhere else quiet (like upstate), I have a hard time sleeping, it's 'too quiet' I like hearing the trains and planes flying over my head (I live near the airport!)
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  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    Indian Summer wrote:
    Booo, you can't see the stars in the city. I think I'd miss that.

    I grew up in New Mexico, and gosh, the stars in the sky were so beautiful. I do really miss seeing the night sky out here. It's so light sometimes.
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    LongRd. wrote:
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showpost.php?p=5491424&postcount=9
    ...and you said you didn't believe in ghosts. :rolleyes:

    I'm not scare, in fact I'd like to meet some ghost to make sure my childhood encounters were valid. :)

    lol, that's the fucked up thing. I don't really truly believe in ghosts and stuff. But, if they do exist...I just KNOW one's gonna pop up in my house sometime! :eek: :D

    I'm more scared of home invasions and stuff. That is my biggest fear as of late, since we moved to suburbia...because our street seems so dark and yada yada yada...I'm just really good at finding stuff to worry about.
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    GraySaturday wrote:
    Ooh! Keep me posted if you do! I'd love to meet you!

    Back to the dark. If josh is not home when I go to bed for some reason, I go up to bed and leave all the lights and the TV on.. And I make all my cats come with me. I pity the fool that tries to rob me and my attack cats :)

    I will! :) I'd love to meet you, too!

    Yeah I would leave the lights on, too in that situation. Sometimes I leave one in the kitchen on anyway, and just pretend I forgot to turn it off. ;)
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Allie wrote:
    I don't like the dark and I'm 30...something ;) !
    I turn the lights out but I have the light from my cable box and cable modem that shine in the background.
    And I know what you mean, if I am in a suburb or somewhere else quiet (like upstate), I have a hard time sleeping, it's 'too quiet' I like hearing the trains and planes flying over my head (I live near the airport!)


    Oh the planes that fly overhead are SO loud sometimes that I get scared that they're too low and that they're going to crash. We're pretty close to the airport, too.
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    lol, that's the fucked up thing. I don't really truly believe in ghosts and stuff. But, if they do exist...I just KNOW one's gonna pop up in my house sometime! :eek: :D

    I'm more scared of home invasions and stuff. That is my biggest fear as of late, since we moved to suburbia...because our street seems so dark and yada yada yada...I'm just really good at finding stuff to worry about.
    I don't blame you, you're in Jersey after all. ;)
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  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    lol, that's the fucked up thing. I don't really truly believe in ghosts and stuff. But, if they do exist...I just KNOW one's gonna pop up in my house sometime! :eek: :D

    I'm more scared of home invasions and stuff. That is my biggest fear as of late, since we moved to suburbia...because our street seems so dark and yada yada yada...I'm just really good at finding stuff to worry about.
    Do you have an alarm system, J? My Mom got ADT and she sleeps much better with the alarm on.
    I grew up on Long Island but I feel like it was much safer when we were growing up. We used to leave the car doors open and we had one tiny little lock.
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
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  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    LongRd. wrote:
    I don't blame you, you're in Jersey after all. ;)

    Normally, I would step in and defend my area here, but a few weeks ago a woman in the neighborhood was killed in her home in the middle of the day, so I'll just shut up and go check to make certain that my windows are locked. :(
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    Oh the planes that fly overhead are SO loud sometimes that I get scared that they're too low and that they're going to crash. We're pretty close to the airport, too.
    I never have that thought! Eek that would be horrible. God Forbid. I can see the planes about ready to land when I walk down my street.
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
    6-01-06
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    and Metsy!
  • AllieAllie Posts: 2,908
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    Normally, I would step in and defend my area here, but a few weeks ago a woman in the neighborhood was killed in her home in the middle of the day, so I'll just shut up and go check to make certain that my windows are locked. :(
    :eek:
    oh no wonder you are unnerved. I suppose it doesn't help you to tell you my apt was robbed. That was almost 10 yrs ago and Thank God, I was not home.
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
    "Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
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  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Allie wrote:
    Do you have an alarm system, J? My Mom got ADT and she sleeps much better with the alarm on.
    I grew up on Long Island but I feel like it was much safer when we were growing up. We used to leave the car doors open and we had one tiny little lock.

    No, but I'd like to get one eventually. We have a lot of locks, actually, because the elderly woman who owned this house before us was extremely paranoid (to the point that the windows were nailed shut, there were two fences, etc...). I would like to get an alarm system, though.
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    Does it get worse after you see a scary movie? lol :D I'm such a baby.

    The trailer for The Strangers has me all worked up since I watched yesterday. :D But I still want to watch the movie. I never learn. :D;)


    Still spooked by complete darkness here and especially after a scary movie. :D
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

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  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Allie wrote:
    :eek:
    oh no wonder you are unnerved. I suppose it doesn't help you to tell you my apt was robbed. That was almost 10 yrs ago and Thank God, I was not home.

    Yeah, I mean...I was like this before, but, I'll admit this made it much worse.

    I'm glad you weren't home when you were robbed!
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