#nytcophobia

[drdaljitghatoura]

NYCTOPHOBIA :FEAR OF DARKNESS

NYCTOPHOBIA :FEAR OF DARKNESS

While being afraid of the dark may be a part of normal development in young children, that is not the case for older children and adults. Nyctophobia is an age-inappropriate fear of darkness that can prompt someone to limit their activities, avoid certain situations, and experience anxiety in anticipation of there being no light. It is when the concern crosses over from being an inborn…

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[roarofmysilence]

Scared to be alone tonight. I just feel freaked out. It's storming outside and I can't stop thinking about what will happen if the electricity goes out and I'll just be in the dark and terrified. I hate the dark and I hate nighttime and I wish Andy and I just lived together so I never had to be alone at night again. I'm sleeping on the couch since the nightmare I had last night has made me scared of sleeping in the bedroom. I'll stay awake until I can't anymore or maybe until it gets light out. Except I have to get up early tomorrow. I just don't want the lights to go out.

[roarofmysilence]

I'm a 21 year old woman who's afraid of the dark. I can't remember the last time I slept alone without the tv or my lava lamp or a night-light on.

It was three years ago, when I changed schools, and I was horribly depressed. My boyfriend at the time and I were coming back from a movie, driving back to the town where I went to college.

I remember seeing the darkness outside and feeling so scared and so suffocated. I had a panic attack.

And since then, I don't like the dark. It's scary, oppressing, heavy, frightening. Even when my sweetheart and I are together, and he turns off the light when we're watching a movie. I don't like it. I like staying up late at night, as long as there are lights on, and the tv. I just hate hate darkness.

I'm probably the only person who's 21 and afraid of the dark.