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Are you afraid of the dark or staying home alone?
Posted by AngieSS • 9/06/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: afraid of the dark, home alone, scared
I am. My latest post talks a little about this ( of course in a funny way) and it made me curious how many others out there are like me. And if you are, why do you think that is?
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Nope. I live alone and need complete darkness to sleep. I have no idea why an adult would be fearful of such things. Now that I think about it, I wasn't fearful of those things as a kid either.-
I've had things happen my whole life that have lead me to be that way, I guess. But my daughter, she's scared of nothing. She could sleep in total darkness, no one home, with the front door standing wide open and sleep like a log!
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Considering that I live alone, no to the second one.
And I can't sleep unless it's dark and quiet.-
I'm feeling so alone.
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But we still like you....
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thank you drjay1966
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Of course, but you are a red panda and everyone knows they aren't afraid of anything!
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oh ok you feel alone
do you realise is that you are uch more than you ever dreamed you were.
Have you ever read that beautiful Nelson Mandela speech?-
which beautiful Nelson Mandela speech?
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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." The above speech by Nelson Mandela was orignally written by Marianne Williamson who is the author of other similar material."
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Dont worry about the dark you are protected day and night.........until it's your time to go then theres nothing anyone can do! -
Angie, I get scared staying alone in the dark or the house after watching scary movies. I'm trying to shy away from horror movies. don't feel alone, i'm sure there's a lot of people out there who are scared of the dark too. -
I am afraid of being alone in the dark, but I wear a St Michael and a St Benedict medal all the time. -
Thank goodness, I was beginning to believe I was the only one. Sadly, powerof3, I make my fear worse because I can't lay off the scary movies...lol
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LOL...if u don't want to fuel ur fear, let go of the horror movies!
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Oh, please; you've got nothing on me. (and sadly, this is the truth) I get freaked out by COMMERCIALS for horror movies. -
lol...good grief.
I really don't get this. You all must have really good imaginations. -
LOL sellytapgirl, I think you do have me beat. Do you watch them anyway?
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Nope. I can't stand them.
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Im not scared of the dark or anything specific necessarily but I do think about those types of things. I actually have two posts about it if you wanna read them AngieSS.
Afraid of the Dark
thefly4176.blogspot.com/2008/04/afraid-of-dark.html
Are you scared?
thefly4176.blogspot.com/2008/05/are-you-scared.html
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thefly: Interesting posts and thanks for sharing. Though, they did nothing to allay my fears.
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oh, haha. It wasnt to cure your fear but to make you more afraid, haha. Just thought you would like to hear an interesting point of view, LOOK BEHIND YOU!! Oh, sorry, I thought I saw someone standing in your window. I know, Im a jerk, haha
buzz buzz
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I don't watch scary movies, and I don't like being alone in the dark either. However, I need complete darkness to sleep well, so go figure.-
I sleep in the dark, only because my hubby is right there...lol When he is gone, I sleep on the couch--with the lights on.
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no but I had a weird month two years ago where I didn't want to go into the basement after dark. A clean well lit basement of a house I owned for 6 years at the time. After a month, I was fine going back down again.-
Noooo...I don't do basements! We have one and the only time I've been down there was the day we looked at the house before we bought it.
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it was in november right after I put the halloween scare crows down there. For a little while they creeped me out.
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We live waaaaay up in the mountains. There are no street lights, no lights from neighbor's homes - no neighbors for that matter. The closest town is 12 miles. So when it gets dark out here - it's DARK. The husband races dirt bikes, so sometimes he's gone - the kid plays football, so sometimes he's gone.
And I'm completely fine - until... the dog barks. LOL
Then I remembnger every single horror movie I ever saw, and if the phone were to ring - I'd need dry pants. LOL-
LMAO.
If I lived there and everyone was gone for the night, I would make an excuse to go stay with a friend!
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Well I live alone. And I like to sleep in total darkness but not total quietness - I keep the fan on the whole night and the white-noise lulls me to sleep.
Total quietness creeps me out !-
Yes. Total quietness is when the creepies come out!
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No, not afraid of the dark, but I do feel funny being at home alone. When my husband was in the hospital for so long, it was hard being home without him at night. The kids would get scared and that would scare me. Even after he got back, because he was still in a hospital bed, even HE would get freaked out at night. He wasn't able to get up and check things like noises or making sure the doors were all locked.-
Annie, I understand. I've been with my husband for over 20 years and I feel safe when he's home. When he's gone, I make the kids sleep with me. They just think it's like a slumber party--they don't realize it's because I'm scared and it makes me feel better.
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I use to be scared, when I was small I was terribly afraid to sleep alone. I was the child creeping around the house trying to find anyone to let me sleep with them; my mom and dad or my two brothers. I felt all alone in my room, my mom slept with my dad and my brothers shared a room. I had my own room I was not happy about that.
Later when I was older 16, I was going to have to be home alone for the very first time. I was not happy about that either and anticipated the night coming. It came and my worst fear came true.
At around 1:00 am I was awakened by a noise, I opened my eyes and looked over at my bedroom door to see a man standing there wearing black clothes with a ski mask covering his face. The image of him fading from my sight as he quietly closed my door will stay with me forever.
I think the only thing that saved me that night was because my bedroom was such a mess and he had just been in the light, his eyes might not have been as adjusted as mine were to the dark because when he approached my bed I think he trip on the chair and fell either that or he jumped on my bed because I felt a thud right as my feet left the bed as I climbed out my window. I remember letting out a scream as I jump from my window sill and that is all I remember until I found myself at the comer of my street. I was so terrified at that moment knowing he had been that close to me.
When I realized I was outside, I started to panic thinking he was coming, I ran to a neighbor’s house down the street, they did not answer the door so I had to run back across the street to another house, they took me in and called the police. It was one of the scariest nights of my life.
Now I am not afraid of sleeping alone. I always sleep in total darkness the darker the better. I feel that is what saved me that night, the dark because he could not see me creeping to my window and I was able to get away.-
Thank you for sharing your story. Thank goodness you were able to get out of there. I bet your parents had a hard time leaving you home ever again!
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Yes I am. Just like you, I had terrible experiences that made me scared. I sometimes write about them and it wasn't easy because the fear comes back. One of my short stories spoke about that fear:
hangingonahyphen.blogspot.com/2008/08/back-to-old-house.html
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@AngieSS
Afraid of the dark - No, I love it and I sleep in total darkness and in quietness too. I live in a semi-remote location on an acreage.
Afraid of being alone - No, I enjoy my own company.
When he's gone, I make the kids sleep with me. They just think it's like a slumber party--they don't realize it's because I'm scared and it makes me feel better.
Compelling your children to sleep with you and doing so by means of deception does not sound like a good idea to me at all. Have you considered getting professional help so you can overcome your fear?-
hmmmm...on a number of occasions, but not for that!
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I have a total phobia of the dark. I seriously can not stand it. I start to panic and can't breathe. I would sleep with every light in the house on if I could.-
Get a great hard wire alarm system and keep the TV on.
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I have night lights all over the house -
Night lights can keep you from falling down.
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Only when my wife is mad at me -
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Get a great hard wire alarm system and keep the TV on.
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LOL...Theresa111 has a great alarm system and keeps the TV on.
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I am still afraid of the dark and have never lived alone except for when I had my own room in my dorm in college. Because tons of people lived in the dorm, I felt safe. I am afraid of the dark because I know what goes on out in the world, and watching the local news only makes it worse. My husband will sleep with a mask on so the bathroom light won't bother him. He has never had to live in the city and he is from a town where they leave their doors unlocked. It was the total opposite for me.-
I think it is probably just like any other fear. If you have it you understand, if you don't--you don't.
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No. I was afraid of the dark as a child, but certainly not now. I actually have a hard time sleeping if there's the slightest indication of light. I've also lived alone so long I can't imagine ever fearing it (not to mention all of those solitary night hikes I used to take, as well.) -
Yes, sometimes for some fear is a hard thing to understand. Fear and I were partners for a long time after that. I took a course of action and learned how to defend myself. I am trained in the martial arts. I don’t ever want to feel that helpless again. Every time I hear a story on the news about something like that happening, I know how lucky I was that night to have gotten away. I certainly understand the fear I just don't fear it anymore.
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I rather enjoy staying home alone.
I'm not particularly afraid of the dark, and neither is Freddy Krueger standing beside me.
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Wait, what did I just---?
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LOL...You'd have to be asleep for that to happen! You aren't sleep-typing are you?
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I don't know! HELP--! *dies*
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Ahem, no need for you to be afraid of the dark, unless you're in one of those muggy-stabby neighborhoods at night
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no, in fact i love to stay alone at home ... -
I am not scared of staying at home alone but im scared of the dark -
No, I'm not afraid of the dark. In winter, daylight in my country lasts only a few hours. We go to work in the dark and return home in the dark. -
I am afraid of height, not dark. -
It is better to light one little candle than to stumble in the dark! -
To test if you have A REAL fear or not, you can ask yourself ONE question
Do I avoid anything to do with my fear?
If the answer is Yes then you do have a fear. Try it out, it always works.
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[I sleep in the dark, only because my hubby is right there...lol When he is gone, I sleep on the couch--with the lights on.]
Oh I do that too!
I don't watch horror movies because I think, if you turn into that radio station thats the music you get, so to speak.
When hubby isn't here I also double check every lock/window etc and have the phone right beside me (cell so the wires can't be cut lmao) -
Yes at 34 I am still scared of the dark...always sleep with some sort of nigh light on..lol.. -
Has to be dark and peaceful for me. I know plenty of people who need the TV on or are worried about being alone. I don't have to worry about that but in the past when I have been on my own it rarely worried me.-
I feel a blog coming on about the fear of the dark. The good news about this fear is that you can solve it as hippieprincess has said, you leave a light on, but obviously there are occasions when that becomes difficult. But this is a fear that is often (mostly) picked up from childhood and a perfect example of how very important it is to keep an eye out for fears with our children.
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I don't like complete silence at night (by myself) or when my dog or cats suddenly look up in rapt attention at something that's not there. That's creepy... -
Nope i love it both usually my room is dark ...and i like my private time .....it's who i am
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