fear help: im scared of the dark and im 15, what do i do to get over it? - Help.com

buy a night light

i wish i could do more to help you, but just wanted to let you know: i’m 22 and i’m scared of the dark. so don’t feel alone! :)

i have a nightlight, but i keep having this nightmare were me and my family die, but right before i die , i wake up, and thanks anonomous

and the fact that i am legally blind without my contacts, and i have compinsated with my hearing, so i hear everything in my house, doesnt help

im not so much afraid of the dark, as i am highly paranoid. i live with it. eventually, you will too.

ok thanks, another part of it is i cant ever get to bed, and when i do i have nightmares

just realize that things in the dark are no different than they are in the light. Your not a afraid of the dark, your afraid of the unknown. I personally find darkness kind of warm and comforting sometimes.

mgobrien1 wrote:
ok thanks, another part of it is i cant ever get to bed, and when i do i have nightmares

nightmares are caused by problems in your waking life.

sum wrote:
just realize that things in the dark are no different than they are in the light. Your not a afraid of the dark, your afraid of the unknown. I personally find darkness kind of warm and comforting sometimes.

mgobrien1 wrote:
ok thanks, another part of it is i cant ever get to bed, and when i do i have nightmares

nightmares are caused by problems in your waking life.

thanks and i apologize about what i said in the im on ecstacy, i thought you were just being rude, i didnt want you to make him worry.

No Im never rude. If I wanted I could totally freak someone out easy =P

sum wrote:
No Im never rude. If I wanted I could totally freak someone out easy =P

yea just tell me im in the dark and everyones asleep, thatll do lol

What are your nightmares about? they arent night terrors are they? ive talked to two girls before that have had that, they scream in their sleep.

i do that. their mostly about family dying or leaving me to die

So your afraid of abandonment? or more afraid to be alone? Anything happen that you can remember that might have started that fear of that and/or of the dark?

nope, except wakin up once at the hospital and hearin my mom screaming to let her see me, i was in icu so they couldnt until they identified me. i couldnt talk through cause i fell on a reflctor pole and it went through my face, but that was2 yrs ago and this only just recently started

Hmmmmm well just go to bed thinking the opposite versions of your dreams maybe to see if that helps. As for the darkness, its never as dark as you think, if your in it long enough you can see in sort of a black and white.

ok thanks, il try it now since its 230 and i have school in 4 hours. thanks for all the help and i apologize about the water thing

lol its fine good night

*hugs you just so you wont dream bad* :p

sum, thank you so much, after talking tto you i got the best sleep i have in 2 weeks

No problem and your welcome =D