I get really paranoid in the dark.  I realize its a childhood thing, but I sleep downstairs and thers absolutley no light because there are no windows.  And my boyfriend wont let me have a light on.  It takes me an hour to fall alseep.  I think someones going to walk down the stairs and slit my throat... anyone else have similar paranoias?
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yes. dark always make us paranoid, it's something psychological. you have to make efforts to get over this phobia, and try to spend more time in some dark spaces, little by little, just to try to get used to dark. i succeeded in getting over my lightning phobia. good luck ;)
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my whole family is sensitive ghosts.  my mother saw Indians hiding behind some stones in her bedroom. my cousin lost a tooth when she was little and out of no where a red hor quarter was in her hand. I myself have had my bed raise and shack like crazy. I have seen a long legged man walk across my mothers living room floor while we were playing cards. in our old house on kelleys island in ohio I couldn't breath in the middle of my bedrrom floor. didn't matter any where else in the room but the middle.  my family has a history of strange things that happen. my husband say they follow me, no matter we live. now my childeren have the same gift. if that is what you want to call it.
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My boyfriend has the same problem.  I'll put this on my watch list because I would like to know a possible answer too.  I feel bad for you guys because you really can't help it.  But it's so frustrating when you can't sleep because of it.  Luckily I have my own solution that no one else has.  I wish your significant other had one too.
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Tired one day I lay on the floor under the light of a triangle shape window and let the sun shine upon me. I fell into a sleep trance and heard crumpling sounds like as if someone was squeezing a plastic grocery bag. Then I saw a black shadow come over me. I was laying face down so I could see the shadow. It put weight on me and I couldn't get up. I was all alone and was very frightened. I started praying in my head and then the weight was lifted off of me. I left immediately and tried never to be alone in that house.
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Best way to avoid a phobia?  How about just avoid it or over come it.  I have a phobia of highs.  I don't climb ladders or anything and I don't even like to watch people go up high.  I just DON'T do what ever scares me.\n\nIf that is NOT what you ment, you need to CLEARIFY!
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yes, i have had what i think is one, maybe two. About ten years ago, i was missing my best friend who had been killed in a car accident. I was at her grave site, and i begged her to give me a sign she was somewhere. At that precise moment, unknown to me, her house, where her husband and child still lived, burnt to the ground. So, i think a demon answered my question, not her. Be very careful what you ask for, you might not like the results. Something weird happened to me two nights ago. My husband and children were all in bed asleep around midnight and i was up reading. I shut off all the lights and started to our bedroom when i realized our light was on.  Immediatly i thought my husband was sick and had turned the light on. As i walked toward this room, the light clicked off. I continued and opened the door and got into bed. I reached over and shook my husband to ask what was wrong and he had been asleep! I did not dream this and there is no way he had time to get back to bed even if he had switched the light off. He said I woke him up when i came to bed. Either he is lying and can move with superhumam speed or something else was in there. Talk about being a little nervous these days! Let me know if i can help you. Reach me at lorilynn2u@yahoo.com.
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yes i am afraid of the dark and of windows when it is dark out
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My abusive ex.  I won't go into details but the physical and mental damage done by this man is something I carry with me all the time.  Because of him I cannot have children and underwent 5 surgeries to fix the physical damage.  The paranoia I deal with on a daily basis because he has not been caught can be crippling at times, to the point I get afraid to go outside or go anywhere alone.  I cannot trust people like I used to nor do I let people close to me anymore, except a very select few.  It's left a feeling in me that seems to say people will suck you in by acting nice then they will turn on you like a rabid dog once you are sucked in and let your guard down.  I know, realistically, that isn't the case but it has left that feeling.  No, I'm not over this yet but I am working on it.  It just takes time to undo the damage done.  But it did take part of me and who I used to be away and I will never be able to get that back.
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I am too!!\n\nAs humans, we aren't meant to be nocturnal.  We have yte to evolve night vision.\n\nIt's normal to be afraid of the dark.
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hi........you are describing what me and certain members of my family have had happen many, many times. you are just getting ready to drift off to sleep but you are very much still aware of your surroundings. all of a sudden you feel like you can;t move your body and your breathing feels funny. most of the time we all get the feeling someone or something is in the room with us and it sets such a fear inside you but you can't move or speak. often i try to shake myself awake, but i feel paralyzed. i heard this is a real disorder called sleep paralysis. wow......it seems funny seeing you ask about this. for a long time i thought only my family had this.
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Talk about paranoid......
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I used to have the same thing about having the tv on low, Now i can only sleep if im holding (but not reading ) a book and the light's on. The wardrobe doors have to be closed because i have a problem with clothes-hangers! Also i cant have any clocks in the room , i can never find out the time else thats it ,no more sleep(so i dont know how much sleep ive lost ), I need the shutters down on the windows so i cant see the sun come up (again so i dont know the time )Bedroom door closed. And finally a pint glass of coke on the night stand. Apart from that not much really
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i feel ya!! all to well i think that it is your makeup ya know the way you think i think crazy sh*t when im around people i get paranoid and would rather stay away from the world and be comfortable in my own little world....it works for me!!! i get depressed but i dont feel uncomfortable...home....try seeing a physcologist, therapist
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My question to you is why are you looking into his windows? Also, if it is dark, how do you "see everything"? Do you have infra-red goggles? If the person at the mans' house is a juvenile, you should contact the authorities. Then stop looking into the mans house at night.
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Oh sweetie, I feel you.  My sister committed suicide and shortly after I also started to see and hear things.  Yes, it is stress related (or so a therapist has told me - he said they're called delusions actually).  They can be so frightening but they do go away, and a Dr. never did me any good.  But maybe you could try a school counselor?  If what you see scares you my best suggestion is pray hard!! That helped me, and tell yourself over and over: this is NOT real, I AM safe!
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You're not crazy at all, and I know you speak the truth. U see my house is also haunted. You can hear a slamming door when no one's in the house or knocking in the closet when nothing is there. I'm not the only one that hears this. My friends and family witnessed the same things at one time or another I even seen my dog jump in front of me and attack the air as if he was protecting me from something! He's a Golden Retriver and never bit anyone in his life! I took him to the vet for a behavior test. He was fine. So, I just think it was a spirit. Whether you believe in God or not, I urge you to please sleep with a bible under your pillow and pray. I'm not trying to preach to you. I'm speaking from expierience. I slept with a bible under my pillow and just said a two second prayer. The sound in the closet stopped making noise and I finally got to go to sleep. The next day I woke up refreshed.
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i have the same problem, except i think about dying and bad stuff all the time. like what if i die tonight (im not ready to go), what if something happens to my kids? what am i going to do if my mom dies. i even get scard when im driving and have panic attacks because i think im going to wreck... sometimes i can even see it happening in my mind. its ccrraazzy! i asked a doctor once and he said its like a obsessive compulsive disorder, but i never followed up with a specialist. i have seen talk shows about people with all different types of disorders. so dont feel bad but i would like to know what causes this and what you can do.