Afraid of the dark: Ways to overcome night fears 45 Articles

by Momie Tullottes

Many children are afraid of the dark and parents are constantly searching for new ways to lessen that fear, and preferably make it non-existent. Throughout the years, parents have tried and invented many methods for this p...read more

by Laura Leigh Fields

Fear of the dark is a very common problem. It doesn't discriminate when it comes to age, size, or personality. It just happens. The lights go out and things seem like they are closing in. We can't see what lies in the shad...read more

by Lori Piper

Oh, how I wish that the movie, Monsters, INC., had been around first when I was a child and then my son. That movie is a wonderful way of seeing that the dark is only the dark. Alas, it was not and my parents helped me t...read more

by Karen Meeker

When I was a child, my father had to install one of those dimmer switches in my bedroom so that I could keep the light on during the night. A night light was simply not enough. As an adult, when my husband would have to tr...read more

by Robert Stephenson

What is it that makes some people afraid of the dark? Our brains use information derived from all of our senses to provide us with an awareness of what is going on around us. When one or more of those senses can not be ...read more

by Cathiesblogg

You know I hate to admit it but I am actually afraid of the dark myself. Even though I am no longer so young. I could not imagine sleeping in a total dark room, even when I am not alone, I have to have light of some kind...read more

by Randa Morris

Because of the many traumatic events that had happened in my life, I had a fear of the dark that lasted well into my 30s. Sleeping with the lights on was a habit that I had become accustomed to. For many years this was ...read more

by Freelancer Nubi

So many fears come alive when it's time for bed, especially to the young, whom have vivid imaginations that do not have an 'off' switch. Darkness can bring about an infinite amount of fears. The endless stretch of shadows ...read more

by Patty Quisenberry

As children, many of us developed personal fears of the dark. The fear of the dark could have been prompted from watching a scary movie, reading a frightening book, or just for the sake of being afraid of it. The dar...read more

by Caprice Muir

First of all knowing what you are afraid of any why you are afraid needs to be addressed. There many reasons that people become afraid of the dark and they usually start sometime in childhood. Fears come from experiences ...read more

by D. J. Poe

Ways to overcome night fears are many and varied, but your best bet is therapy. During or before therapy you can leave on a lamp or night lights throughout the house. I know, you still know it's dark and you have to sleep....read more

by Johnette Loefgren

Address your fears. My Dad took me for a long walk outside and had me identify all the night sounds for what they really were.At first I was afraid and didn't want to be there but I held Dad's big hand and stuck it out.W...read more

by DrowningCoke

I found out about 8 ways to overcome your night fears like magic, or magick, or majik/majicks to some people. And be warned, ANYONE is at risk of nyctophobia, or fear of the dark. Here's the Magic 8 Things to do when t...read more

by Ted Sherman

Maybe this old Scottish kiddies' prayer can help overcome night fears: From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us! If the fearful one is a chil...read more

by Kayla Bargmann

I'm one those who is still, at age 19, afraid of the dark. I'm actually more afraid of what I can't see that the actual darkness. I've tried many ways to over come my fear, but I have night terrors so my fear persists. ...read more

by Setloholo sa Robose Sethunya

The Storeroom The back of our house hosted a storeroom. Poplar shelves caved in with farm produce, clothes, utensils and tools hardly leaving room to pull items from the shelves. The north wall was a sounding board fo...read more

by Stacey Monponsett

- Sleep during the day, as there is no known disorder called "Day Fears." - Dress like Suge Knight. Before the Boogeyman goes to sleep, he checks to make sure Suge Knight isn't under his bed. - The Securo-5000 Combin...read more

by Liomas Thomas

this is not a childish problem, nor something to be dismissed. If you had a more mainstream phobia, you wouldn't expect people to laugh at it, would you? Just because night terrors are more associated with children than ad...read more

by Ian Loft

Being afraid of the dark is a little more than childish fears. Primitive humans had good reason to fear the dark because the monsters were real and death came so easily. The fact was and still is this: Nothing exists in...read more

by Sherry Tuckwiller

WOW! Those who are so afraid of the dark~~~ ~~~~~NEWS FLASH~~~~~STOP WATCHING FREDDY! I think that we all were at one time or another in our life times afraid of the dark. It begins with the night light left on when ...read more