Fear of the dark....

I love the dark, I don't think I have ever been scared of it. Dunno why.

I'm not sure how your supposed to get over it. Maybe just try and relax, sit in the dark a bit everyday, get used to it, get to know your house in the dark. Then maybe it wont seem all that scary.

 

All fears ultimately translate to fear of the unknown. Fear of the dark is because you don't know what's there. Fear of death is because you don't know what comes next...

 

Very true.

Fear of the unknown is an irrational fear. Even a kid who's scared of the dark knows that logic would say there's no monster under their bed, but humans are natural doubters until they have proof, which is why that kid might have to keep looking under the bed to check. Someone who's scared of death has an irrational fear, because either they will cease to feel or think, or they will continue on beyond death, either way not warranting fear - but that doesn't stop people feeling the fear.

Fear is a weird sensation I guess. What interests me is how different rational fear is from irrational fear. If I see a large spider my reaction is to get away from it quickly, but I don't feel like anything bad would happen if I stayed, I just feel like I have to get away, and you don't question that fear. With a rational fear it's the other way round, you tend to know why you're running away or why you're hiding, but it makes you feel weak and humble, and you sometimes doubt your fear.

-Matt

 

I was afraid of the dark when i was quite young, but lost it completely around the age of 13. I live way out in the country and as i means of drinking/ smoking weed with my friends in the nearest town, I would often sneak out after dark and make the longgggg bike ride down country roads through dark forest all the way to town and back in the wee hours of the morning. I learned to love it and I can now literally walk through any dark area inside or out without a tinge of fear

 

When it's dark and there are lots of mirrors around, and open doors. That freaks me out SO bad.

 

lol what like a funhouse?

 

Haha nah. I dunno, mirrors and open doors just make everything seem so big when it's not haha. I don't mind them when it's light, but when it's dark it trips me. Because you can't see past the doorway :x