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

Allie

covered in bliss wrote:

Not necessarily afraid of the dark but afraid of being by myself.

Hubby and I share a cottage in NE WI with our in-laws and I get VERY afraid when I'm by myself with the kids and dog. The fact that we were robbed last August doesn't help.

Oh yeah, I'm 40! :eek: I can deal with deer and bears but a toothless monger creeps me out. It's all in my head but I can't help it!

Kinda like your fear!

You!
Thread Integrity:
I'm sorry you guys were robbed! Are you ok?

Go back to the Porch, I sort of agree w/you a little bit. The story about the show is now being posted online! :eek:

you are

i'm 29 and just recently got used to the dark in my own place. but i don't like the darkness when i'm outside. i'm not too bad indoors, but i do have moments when i freak myself out. at my parents house i still get a bit scared in the dark because that house is just scary, but i'm not as scared as i used to be.

covered in bliss

Allie wrote:

You!
Thread Integrity:
I'm sorry you guys were robbed! Are you ok?

Go back to the Porch, I sort of agree w/you a little bit. The story about the show is now being posted online! :eek:

wtf are you typing about? thread integrity? Here? online?

we were robbed... the thieves left the television on the front porch. I drove up ahead of hubby and the kids... skipped around the corner to see my television sitting on the stairs!!! I called 911 and it took 30 minutes for someone to arrive! I balled like a baby ( good thing the officer was smoking hot!)---

yeah, I'm afriad of the dark when my screams for help would go unnoticed. Sleeping with a thick knife helps.

foxymop_stupidmop

I'm still afraid of the dark. It shows no signs of stopping.

roar

I'm 24 and sleep with a light on.

Urban Hiker

I'm 33 and terrified of the dark, because of what I cannot see.

I tell myself it is irrational, but my heart rate continues to climb as I search for a light switch.

Hell, I've nearly been in tears when I've been the last to leave an office - shutting out all of the lights, looking down long dark hallways then running to a car in a desolate parking lot.

I also torture myself by watching scary movies. If a movie looks really scary, I'll go to the theater by myself to see it, just to make things that much worse.

Heineken Helen

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

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:

yeh me too. Even if I'm not watching telly, when I decide to switch off the light and go to sleep, I turn on the telly so I can have that light on the way back to my bed... which is approximately 2 steps away :rolleyes: I'm fine most of the time but the odd time I just get this sudden case of the shivers and freak out a bit and jump into bed and pull the covers over my head til I calm down WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF???

Heineken Helen

covered in bliss wrote:

yeah, I'm afriad of the dark when my screams for help would go unnoticed. Sleeping with a thick knife helps.

I keep a hurling stick beside the bed... just for peace of mind... cos one night I was alone and heard noises and was looking around thinking there's nothing here I could even use... so now generally it's not just the hurling stick... there are a few items beside my bed that could also serve as a blunt object

OffHeGoes29

I'm afraid of nothing, the boogy man is afraid of me.

Collin

No, my dad made sure I wasn't afraid of the dark early on.


"Go walk in the dark gloomy scary woods, son. I'm right behind you."

Swan

i have Nyctophobia too.

it doesn't go well with my love of horror movies.

"the dark is it's own thing."

catefrances

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

Is anyone else kind of still afraid of the dark just a little bit?

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:

i feel strongest in the dark. i embrace it and it never lets me down.

iluvcats

Brain of J.Lo wrote:

Is anyone else kind of still afraid of the dark just a little bit?

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:

yes it bothers me still

JordyWordy

OffHeGoes29 wrote:

I'm afraid of nothing, the boogy man is afraid of me.

Chuck Norris is that you!?????

EvilMerlin

I'm not afraid of the dark, but at 25, I'm still afraid of mirrors most of the time.

comebackwoman

I'm 34 and afraid of the dark. I've always been. I refuse to watch scary movies cause I just freak myself out all night long if I do. Ever since my ex and I split I've starting leaving the lights on downstairs when I go to bed...which is crazy cause if there ever was an intruder I'm the one that would have had to protect us anyway I sleep much better during the day.

CHANGEinWAVES

comebackgirl wrote:

I'm 34 and afraid of the dark. I've always been. I refuse to watch scary movies cause I just freak myself out all night long if I do. Ever since my ex and I split I've starting leaving the lights on downstairs when I go to bed...which is crazy cause if there ever was an intruder I'm the one that would have had to protect us anyway I sleep much better during the day.

it's the same for me. I think my electricity bill has gone up since he left cause of al the lights I leave on. And for some reason it's more peaceful to sleep during the day...even thought I guess the same things could happen.

the wolf

i like the dark. soothing. quiet.

comebackwoman

CHANGEinWAVES wrote:

it's the same for me. I think my electricity bill has gone up since he left cause of al the lights I leave on. And for some reason it's more peaceful to sleep during the day...even thought I guess the same things could happen.

I like having the background noise of other people awake and doing things during the day. At night it helps me to have the tv on. The quiet creeps me out unless I'm up and doing things...then I love it

HushBull

pjoasisrule wrote:

That is pretty embarrassing

So is enjoying Oasis.