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Anyone else afraid of the dark?

captainballs have u thought 2 say HELLO to ur ghosts? if they jump n seem surprised its coz they rnt sure or don't no u can c them. mite make a lot of difference. like spiders and stuff they r just as scared of us sumtimes u no... :) Plus they get lonely they say so they come to u for comfort. u seem warm they say and he seems 2 need sum company. only passin on the message
 
Actually, I get something similar. When I'm in the apartment I grew up in, my dad works nights, and since my mom died 3 years ago, I'm all by myself at night. I cannot sleep without the TV on when I'm there...I'm not necessarily afraid of the dark, I just feel like between 2-5am there's something eerie hanging out in there, and the light/white noise from the TV drowns it out. I'm an only child also, but I'm perfectly fine when alone in my apartment 400 miles away. It's actually sorta nice to see this is common among other adults, even for different reasons...not something I admit to easily.

My only advice -- nightlight, or sleep with the tv on (sound off in my case though, the white tv noise is enough). And, watching anything involving death, not so much ghosts/etc during the night hours, makes this MUCH MUCH MUCH worse for me, so I'd stay away from anything like that as well.
 
A lady died in my house and we heard footsteps running up and down the hallway for years until I got a dog. So, my suggestion? Get a dog. Preferably a big one. :P
 
I lived in a house for years that was built on the graveyard of an old lunatic asylum. No exaggeration.

I didn't see any ghosts or poltergeists though.
 
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My only advice -- nightlight, or sleep with the tv on (sound off in my case though, the white tv noise is enough). And, watching anything involving death, not so much ghosts/etc during the night hours, makes this MUCH MUCH MUCH worse for me, so I'd stay away from anything like that as well.
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Since learning that artificial lighting lowers melatonin which possibly also increases cancer-risk indirectly, i've been practising spending time in the dark with all the lights off (or all except the PC or TV)

I have a feeling that the insomnia has only progressed over the years and mainly cause i slept with all the lights on.. daily for several years since i was 4 or 5

By 11 i was experiencing mild hallucinations from sleep deprivation. And this is all way before the drug use.. The drugs are the only thing that help me sleep tho
 
i have had night terrors and hypnogogic and hypnopompic hallucinations (from smells, to feeling a touch/pressure to seeing and hearing things) for years. in the beginning, they were terrifying to the point i changed bedrooms, slept on the couch, used a light, etc...but now that i understand what they are i can consciously escape them and in turn they have all but disappeared. this has had the effect of diminishing my fear of the dark i used to have.
 
^do you experience sleep paralysis ever? i hate feeling like there's a giant hand holding me down and being unable to move for up to a few minutes.. It seems like certain medications can trigger it, IME

Coming off zyprexa i had these really lucid nightmares every night for a month
 
yeah, it is part of the "night terrors" you can't move once you think you are able to. the sleep paralysis is unbearable, i feel your pain.

at the end of any experience, it takes a bit to be able to move any limbs again. a trick i learned early on to combat it is tiny movements. don't try to move an entire limb, or give all your strength to everything to fight it. move a tiny bit, start with your pinkie finger, move a little, then move on to ring finger, etc. it worked well for me. that was what i was getting at without being too dramatic with regards to getting out of the experience.

for me, at the time i wasn't on any recreational drugs, it was years after a lot of daily psychedelics.

and this even got me out of the cycle....those of you who have had this know what i am talking about. you have a night terror, you think you become aware, so go back to sleep, only to have it over again....you don't actually go back to sleep, you relax, stay aware of the surroundings yet it begins all over again...it is terribly annoying.
 
I'm almost 30 and still have panic attacks in the dark(usually only at night)
I also experience horrible night terrors, sleep paralysis(with and without drugs), and irrational fears of letting my feet or hands dangle off the bed(I get a very real fear that something is going to attack me).

If I'm alone, I sleep with the lights or TV on, but if my husband is home I'm fine unless I have a nightmare, or swing my hand or foot off the bed.
I also have an odd fear of looking into mirrors in the dark...does that bother anyone else?

It's like all those Bloody Mary stories from childhood has screwed me up :/

I woke up to a robber with a gun to my face a few years ago, and that has made it all worse. Now in addition to being afraid of imaginary monsters under my bed, I have to check and double check for crazies with guns as well.
 
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Nope I'm not afraid of the dark.

I do happen to enjoy being scared.

I've never encountered a ghost or anything paranormal/supernatural but I think it would be cool to. At least two friends of mine have before. I'm not holding my breath though.

Maybe you should turn it all into a game like going through a Haunted house on Halloween? Or if you do see a ghost just think of how you'll be the envy of all of your friends!
 
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Only after watching horror movies. My stupid brain likes to play tricks on me! :\
 
^ I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to scary movies. A couple of nights ago I made the mistake of watching Paranormal Activity right before bedtime... when I finally went to bed I was lying there in the dark, just imagining the sound of ghostly footsteps walking along the hallway outside my room. :\
 
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