You know those pictures/drawings where you think you see one subject, but if you look at it differently, you'll see something completely different.
Like these: http://www.beyondtheveil.net/illusions.html
Well, our visual cortex is constantly trying to make sense of what you are seeing through your eyes. If something is missing, it will gladly fill in the blanks for you.
At night, you're vision is impaired, so your brain is going to try to give you a hand interpreting what you see. You are afraid, so you are going to "see" things that frighten you even more. A vicious cycle.
I used to have a fear of the dark too, until I was 30 years old. Then I just rationalized the situation; in thirty years, I had never seen anything real that was worth being so afraid of, so I made the decision not to indulge that fear anymore. I'm 36 now and I'm still not afraid.
But I still do get creeped out when looking at myself in a mirror in the dark. There's a slight delay in processing, so it looks like my reflection is moving of its on accord.
Is it normal that I still fear the dark?
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You know those pictures/drawings where you think you see one subject, but if you look at it differently, you'll see something completely different.
Like these: http://www.beyondtheveil.net/illusions.html
Well, our visual cortex is constantly trying to make sense of what you are seeing through your eyes. If something is missing, it will gladly fill in the blanks for you.
At night, you're vision is impaired, so your brain is going to try to give you a hand interpreting what you see. You are afraid, so you are going to "see" things that frighten you even more. A vicious cycle.
I used to have a fear of the dark too, until I was 30 years old. Then I just rationalized the situation; in thirty years, I had never seen anything real that was worth being so afraid of, so I made the decision not to indulge that fear anymore. I'm 36 now and I'm still not afraid.
But I still do get creeped out when looking at myself in a mirror in the dark. There's a slight delay in processing, so it looks like my reflection is moving of its on accord.
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Oh wow...that's really interesting.