Anyone afraid of the dark?

[Daddy'sLittlePrincess]

I'm scared of the dark for the simple fact that I can't see what is around me and I have an extremely over active imagination - I get nightmares very easily - so it's easy for me to imagine there are things in the room with me that I can't see. Even with daddy cuddles up next to me I get scared because he is often the first one to fall asleep. We have a LEd lights around the window that we can change different colours or make brighter/dimmer so we leave them on when going to bed. Or if I'm on my own I will often leave my TV on very quietly so that there is still some light and noise in the room. But definitely no part of me sticking out of the covers. Even when it's boiling hot I will have them right up to my chin

[lilvioletcub]

I was scared of the dark till one night when I was 17 (yes I slept with a nightlight till I was 17) while watching an episode of doctor who with living sarkness that ate people leaveing nothing but bones was when I decided enough was enough and didn't sleep with a nightlight anymore.

 

That being said however I can't sleep if its like power outage dark we have night lights in the hall and the computer monter is always on blinking on and off at times as well as living in the country so full moon nights and night moments when its blue light out I can sleep well. don't sleep well if every light is on in the house though XD.

[Nia]

It is not the dark that bothers me, it's what is in the dark that I have difficulty dealing with. My problem is that I have had nightmares and night terrors since I was little and while they went away for a while they returned with a vengeance in my 20's. I am almost 40 now and I have nightmares regularly, but thankfully the night terrors have lessened. 

 

I can understand irrational fear. My mind is convinced, despite the lack of proof and/or logic, that monsters do indeed exist and they will do terrible things to me. 

 

Sometimes it is hard to cope with and it is infuriating as I know monsters are not real, but there is a part of my brain that is absolutely convinced that they are in fact very real.

[Guest curious-babydoll]

I didn't use to be scared of the dark. Or at least not like I am now. I detached my retina in my right eye when I was 16 and the left nearly detached fully too. They (thankfully) were able to save my vision even if it's not where it was. If I wake up and it's dark in my room (or if I can't see my nightlight) I will have a panic attack because I'll think I went blind or that my retinas re-detached. Even after I calm down I have to turn my light on and sleep like that. I slept with my lights on every night for Months post-op and still do sometimes. I also have night terrors from other trauma so I prefer to at least have my light too.

[Guest KittyCatAlex]

I'm so scared of the dark! I have fairy lights strung up around my room and plushies to keep me company though, so I usually manage fine.

[The Perennial Princess]

Absolutely. I have been ever since I can remember. I used to stay up past dawn just so I had natural light to go to sleep to. I thought I had gotten over the fear up until two weeks ago when papa was gone for the weekend. The second I laid down in our dark room (a place where I always feel so safe, cozy, and happy) I felt instaneous fear. I had to pull the covers up around my head so I was sheathed in a cocoon. I don't know why I'm surprised that I only gave our room such characteristics because it is the place where papa and I always curl up together. He is the one who grants it those properties. Without him, it's dark, scary, and mysterious again! I guess that just means he always has to sleep with me. 

[Guest Daddy's☆treasure]

i'm afraid of the dark too! i have my stuffie and a dim light on or the tv left on in the background.

[Daddys-Kawaii-Princess]

Im terrified of the dark... and to top it off my Daddy doesn't live with me yet so I cant leave my bed without turning my night light on. I have to have that on then I get yelled at for it by my room mate cuz she cant sleep with my tv playing all night long!

[PrincessKayKay]

I can't stand to be in total darkness - it makes me feel like I'm suffocating. Daddy lets me keep the bathroom light on, the ceiling fan on, and either play lullabies or put cartoons on the tv.

[~little spazzy princess~]

I am very scared of the dark! I live in an apartment by myself, and my other floormmates are around me, and they can probably hear me talking to my stuffies before bed. :/ Getting into little space helps me relax before sleeping, but I do sleep with little christmas lights on and the TV on when I am alone, but when someone is even in the room, or even better, sleeping next to me, I can sleep in the dark.  

[7seaslove]

We often chase darkness around our lives as if it were a something. We try to chip away at it like it’s a boulder. But it’s not a boulder, it’s a hole. And chipping away at holes is no way to get rid of them.

 

Instead, think of the sin and darkness in your life as a hole – something to be filled up, not forced out.

 

If you are tempted at something sinful, don’t just wrestle with the temptation, but befriend its replacement. Fall in love with the light that fills that dark hole in your life.

[lilvioletcub]

We often chase darkness around our lives as if it were a something. We try to chip away at it like it’s a boulder. But it’s not a boulder, it’s a hole. And chipping away at holes is no way to get rid of them.

 

Instead, think of the sin and darkness in your life as a hole – something to be filled up, not forced out.

 

If you are tempted at something sinful, don’t just wrestle with the temptation, but befriend its replacement. Fall in love with the light that fills that dark hole in your life.

 

You are aware this topic is about actual darkness as in what happens at night when the lights go out and not the metphorical like your discribing right?

[Zinnia]

I confess, I am afraid of the dark. I have been uncomfortable when the lights go out for as long as I remember, as long as I'm not alone in the dark though I tend to be alright. If I am, I just simply leave the TV on or something to let some light into the room. :3

 

But Daddy is always there, so I don't worry about it as much as I used to. ^^

[KittenCat]

Anyone else do the "light ritual"? You run ahead and turn on the next light... Then run back and turn off the last one... Then run ahead and turn on the next one... Then run back and turn off the last one.... And run and jump into bedt and pull the covers over you and grab your stuffies!! And then wait for your heart to stop beating from monsters under the bed, and then turn off the light in the room with a switch next to the bed

[shirusagi]

I am
My master leaves Christmas lights on at all times in our room, so it's not too dark ♥

[Lisa]

I am not afraid of the dark, but for those who are...

 

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[Dollie]

I'm very afraid of the dark. Always have been. I also can't have closet doors open even the slightest bit. >~< To cope with the fear I surround myself with suffies and curl up with those and my blankets and pillows and play some music. Usually helps and doesn't take long to sleep from that point on.

 

If I'm up and walking around and it's dark, I bring a stuffie with me and keep it close. It doesn't stop the fear, but it helps. If I'm really scared then I can FaceTime my Master and I feel safe because then I can see him and hear his voice and know that it'll be okay.

[Guest Bunnychi]

Yes I amm! I have always been heh ^^' I use a nightlight, but if I forget to turn it on I completely freak out and am like immobile in bed. Then I have to like hide underneath all my blankets and like die of suffocation cause it's so hot, but if my head isn't under the blankets IM NAWT SAFE.

[daddysdoodle]

I have always been afraid of the dark!! 

I sleep with my window open, and I live in the downtown area of a city so there's always light! I used to live in the middle of nowhere and I would just leave my string lights on. 

[Hada de Nieve]

Sometimes but not always. When I have some nightmares I put the blankets over my head and try to think beautiful things or try to change the end of the nightmare (That really works). There's a place in my country where traditional houses are made of wood where everything has a noise, and are located in the middle of nowhere; at night, when the windows and doors are closed you can't see your hands even if they are just 20cm from you. I was once in one of those house and it was frightening, I couldn't sleep during the whole night.

[Cutethulhu]

I'm extremely afraid of the dark, always have been. I also tend to scare myself, and have problems where I will sometimes lay down, and my mind will supplicate me with a terribly frightening image so it's always harder to sleep. However, Daddy is always right there now, as well as our puppy Draka; along with leaving our bathroom light on for a nightlight, I get through it pretty easily. Though, sometimes I still get a little panicky, so Daddy has to check our closet, under our bed, our guest bedroom, and double check the doors are locked up tight.

[missycat2015]

I am but it's not really bad. If I'm with someone else I'm fine but on my own I just feel really uncomfortable. I normally sleep with my curtains open so the street light can shine in

[mmuis1966]

I had an online long distance relationship with a little a while back. She used to be afraid of the dark too. We established a daily goodnight routine where she felt at least more comfortable. I always had a virtual cuddle session and chased her monsters away. It was difficult to find different words for describing the same routine daily. But we managed to do that for weeks without it getting boring on both sides. Unfortunately she got involved in a real life relationship and we ended up breaking up.

[bunnny]

i just have christmas lights around my room that're always on ^.^

[baby_ace]

I hate the dark, even if there's a light off in the house where I can see into the dark room I'm super uncomfortable. I make my partner turn off the lights while I'm in bed and I lay there tense waiting for him to get into bed.