I used to be terrified of the dark.
As a child if I had to go outside in the dark I would often scream all the way from point A to point B. For one thing I thought my screaming would startle anything that was in the dark and give me a chance to get to safety before the "bad guy" recovered his wits. I also thought that maybe people would be looking out the window to see what the hell all that screaming was about and then if I was being attacked they would see and come to my rescue. My Dad always said "there's nothing in the dark that isn't there in the daylight", but even as a little kid I knew he was lying to me. I knew about animals that come out at night to hunt, including the two legged ones; burglars, prowlers, rapists, child snatchers, etc. Strangely enough I got over my paralyzing fear of the dark when I moved to the big city in my teens. It was never really dark. There were always lights. I still fear what's in the dark, because I know the truth, that evil doers love the cover of darkness, but now I control my fear instead of letting it control me. The dark doesn't paralyze me. I just have a healthy respect for it, and try to take reasonable precautions against the more common hazards I might encounter in the dark.
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I used to be terrified of the dark.
As a child if I had to go outside in the dark I would often scream all the way from point A to point B. For one thing I thought my screaming would startle anything that was in the dark and give me a chance to get to safety before the "bad guy" recovered his wits. I also thought that maybe people would be looking out the window to see what the hell all that screaming was about and then if I was being attacked they would see and come to my rescue. My Dad always said "there's nothing in the dark that isn't there in the daylight", but even as a little kid I knew he was lying to me. I knew about animals that come out at night to hunt, including the two legged ones; burglars, prowlers, rapists, child snatchers, etc. Strangely enough I got over my paralyzing fear of the dark when I moved to the big city in my teens. It was never really dark. There were always lights. I still fear what's in the dark, because I know the truth, that evil doers love the cover of darkness, but now I control my fear instead of letting it control me. The dark doesn't paralyze me. I just have a healthy respect for it, and try to take reasonable precautions against the more common hazards I might encounter in the dark.