Are you afraid of the dark?

[Hispida]

depends on the dark. dark summer nights? good as fuck. dark rooms to sleep in? top tier. dark winter nights at 4 pm? uuuugh.

[LoFi Banana]

I was never afraid of sleeping in the dark (I actually quite liked it), but my little sister was always afraid of it where she was a lot younger.

What didn't help was that we lived in a country house with a lot of creaks, which just added to the creepiness for her.

Our first house in New Jersey was sort of like that. The basement was especially creepy. Our current New Jersey house at least has a nice finished basement with good lighting and no mystery noises. My parents told me that our new house in Texas doesn't even have a basement and is in a pretty safe suburban area.

[Neutraligon]

The dark alone, no.

[LoFi Banana]

The dark alone, no.

Well you are Batman, so...

[Destyntine]

I don't believe I was ever truly scared of the dark, more afraid of the types of people who come out after dark in some places. I'm a nightowl and I normally sleep throughout the day and stay awake all night, kind of used to the dark.

[LoFi Banana]

I don't believe I was ever truly scared of the dark, more afraid of the types of people who come out after dark in some places. I'm a nightowl and I normally sleep throughout the day and stay awake all night, kind of used to the dark.

I have an uncle who lives in Portland, Oregon. He says that his neighborhood is fairly safe by day, but by night it is crawling with drunks and people on drugs looking for a fight. His house has been broken into twice now this year alone.

[Sodium Hydride]

Nah. Used to be, though.

What did I used to be?

[Minecraft Boiz]

I wasn’t until accidentally while watching YT, I saw Pennywise. It freaked me out so much. For the next 6 years, I would be scared of the dark. Now I’m not really that scared, but whenever I see something freaky, I get scared for just that night.

[Resilient Acceleration]

I used to be, and funnily enough religion played a significant part of it. This is because according to Islam, spirits and genies are real, they actually do exist and they can create change in our reality, with stories of witchcraft and people being killed due to voodoo being abundant. Now that I know those aren't a thing anymore, my life quality significantly improved, especially since I also love travelling to places.

I'd even say that "being not afraid at all of ghosts and spirits" would be one of my top "unique quirk" I'd like to include on people's first impression of me, simply because mysticism is just this widespread in my community. Though recently, I've also been trying to change people into not being scared of ghosts, by changing the perspective of these beings from "a terrifying existence you should fear" to "an amusing phenomenon, something like seeing an rare exotic animal in the wild, that you should be excited about".

[Golga]

I used to be, and funnily enough religion played a significant part of it. This is because according to Islam, spirits and genies are real, they actually do exist and they can create change in our reality, with stories of witchcraft and people being killed due to voodoo being abundant. Now that I know those aren't a thing anymore, my life quality significantly improved, especially since I also love travelling to places.

Wait, so are you now an atheist?

[Lemsrow]

Yes, somewhat. Though I’m only scared because…

You never know what’s beyond the darkness. Because, well. I fear the unknown.

[Resilient Acceleration]

I used to be, and funnily enough religion played a significant part of it. This is because according to Islam, spirits and genies are real, they actually do exist and they can create change in our reality, with stories of witchcraft and people being killed due to voodoo being abundant. Now that I know those aren't a thing anymore, my life quality significantly improved, especially since I also love travelling to places.

Wait, so are you now an atheist?

I always prefer the term "irreligious", but yeah.

[Eahland]

Scary shit can appear and bad things can happen just as easily in broad daylight.

You don't suddenly calm down when the lights turn on and the axe wielding murderer is right in your face?

Last time someone wielding an axe got up in my face, it was broad daylight, and I stabbed him in the face with my seax.

[The H Corporation]

When I was a kid yeah, but now? Not really, I have become one with the dark. I love to be in really dark rooms and I love the color black and it is perfect to read a mini-horror story to get in the environment

[Alcala-Cordel]

Usually not, I like hanging out in the dark and relaxing. Every once in a while, though, I sometimes feel little strange, a little anxious when it's dark...

Obligatory Iron Maiden reference so we can get that outta the way.

Damn it

[The Hazar Amisnery]

No not really. I could sleep in the pitch black but I always have some form of lighting in my bedroom.

[Cereskia 2]

I used to be, and just now am I starting to lose that fear (btw, it's called Nyctophobia). But I'm also regaining that fear due to my fondness of Creepypasta stories.

[Cetacea]

Not anymore, though I was perhaps 20 when I realised that the things I could see were more likely to hurt me than the things I imagined

Now the Dark is my friend

[Thermodolia]

Only after reading/watching some scary shit. Well actually I’m not scared of the dark even then just scared of sleeping

[The Huskar Social Union]

It can still unnerve me a bit but that depends entirely on where i am. If im in my home or near my house not as soo much but if its somewhere im not familiar with i can be a bit wary and paranoid but not full on afraid. Used to be afraid of the dark for a while when i was a kid but grew out of it as time went on.