*Cowers with Kurado*

Have you guys ever had issues with fear of the dark when you were little?

I had a pretty serious problem with it. Sometimes friends would throw me in dark closets for like ten seconds because they'd enjoy the sight when they'd open the door after the ten seconds and stuff. I eventually overcame it though. Though sometimes when I walk back to my bed after turning the lights off (long walk, actually) it kinda gives me a rush nowadays.

When I was freaking out in the dark a lot of times I had this powerful feeling that Freddy was gonna SNATCH my ass.

For the most part, I have never really had a problem with the dark. My brother used to have the problem and jumped onto his bed when he shut of the light. I guess the bed was the safe ground.

When I hear creepy noises or if I am somewhere dark where I am not very familiar with, I can have a bit of fear. I wouldn't be surprised many people are like that when a situation is unique. After watching a horror movie r something like that, I would be afraid of the dark more and have a nightmare. Not so much anymore of course.

I went through a period of sleeping with the lights on when I was six. It lasted a week, then my dad got into a process of taking away the bulb for the only lamp in my room each night, and returning it in the morning. Since then whenever I was staying over at a friend's house I'd be snotty and jeer at them for having nightlights.

That doesn't mean I condone the way my father went about things, though.

When I'm closing the student center at night, I have to go around and turn off all the lights. Its not that I'm scared of the dark, but I'll find that I'm creeping myself out. Once I'm done with the third floor, the only light in this loooooong hallway is the red EXIT sign. I'll find myself imagining scary things, like some creepy guy standing at the end of the hallway the second I turn off the lights. Active imagination, and I know it wont really happen, but I still occasionally scare myself with it.

I used to have that problem when I was younger, too. For whatever reason, the "who shot Mr. Burns" episode of the Simpsons freaked the hell out of me and I was afraid of... I'm not exactly sure what about it, but I felt that if I was completely under my covers, I was safe from harm. I still kind of have a fear of things grabbing at my feet, though. I flip out when people touch my feet.

I too went through a stage when I was younger. I had to have the hall light on and my bedroom door half-open. Seems pretty pathetic when you think back on it. At least I have no trouble sleeping with lights on or off now though.

Its interesting how most of us, if not all, felt safe under the covers. I remember it was an awesome sensation of protection, since you are protected.

But a movie fucked up my Fantasy big time last year. You guys see the Grudge and what it did concerning the covers safety technique?

I experienced that for only a short time when I was younger. I don't recall ever using a night light of any kind, but I found that I no longer had any problems with the dark.

I was never really afraid of the dark. Dark rooms nearby worried me a lot more, since at least your eyes adjust after awhile when you're in the darkness too.

The hallway in my house had the dining room on one end, and the other end had three bedrooms. When I was younger it tended to freak me out a little walking towards the dining room if the lights were out in all three of those rooms. Not actual fear, but that feeling when the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

Oh, and closets scared me a little at night. I blame that one on all the cartoons about monsters hiding in the closet though.

I think I was afraid of the dark when I was much younger, so I had a nightlight. But then I knew I wasn't afraid of the dark anymore, but was just used to having a night light, which I kept just before high school. Then to free up an outlet, I finally took it out and never used one since. =p

I was always uneasy in the dark, because of the unknown, but never really scared. My brother was pretty scared of the dark, so he always had a night light growing up. Sometimes my overactive imagination will still make darkness interesting.

I was only scared of the dark when I was somewhere that I wasn't used to.. like friend's house, on a family trip sleeping in some motel, etc etc.

in my own bed I felt a bit safer but that's not to say that I was little bit scared of the dark, not much but I had my moments when I would hear the wind blowing in the night and I was get a bit freaked out.

When I was a kid, my mom watched "Creature of the Black Lagoon" and that scared me. For about a week, I was scared to go into my room at ALL--I kept thinking the thing was under my bed.

Now, I just hate the dark because I can't see anything.

I used to ALWAYS sleep with a little lamp beside my bed when I was little :P And I'd leave it on for the whole night and turn it off when I wake up in the morning.

Knowing you as long as I have combined with the fact that you're so innocent and naive sometimes PLUS that avatar and your post here is all cute and fitting, Sandy. I bet Willy did too!

Originally Posted by Omi-Cron Kenobi

Knowing you as long as I have combined with the fact that you're so innocent and naive sometimes PLUS that avatar and your post here is all cute and fitting, Sandy. I bet Willy did too!

Haha, Willy is alot stronger(braver!!) than I was :P so he didn't have a little lamp like me lol.

Aww Willy. I bet deep inside there's a valiant hero waiting.
I like how it's not a lamp with you, it's a little lamp.

I slept with a light on until I was 12. I used it because I was afraid of the dark, but then after that it became sort of a preference. I sleep better with a light on.

So I still find myself sleeping with a light on every now and then.

There was only odd occasion that I was afraid of the dark and they would normally be after watching something scary on TV. I would lie in bed with my eyes open and I would begin to form shapes out of the dark and convince myself that there was something there, but there never was.

To get away from the "shadows" I hid under the duvet and held it as tight as I could, eventually I would pop my head out and not see the shapes anymore so I would know that it would be safe to go to sleep.

I've never been scared of the dark, but I am scared of what might be in the dark.