Does anyone else out there get really scared at night?
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im not single, but my husband works night shifts and yes..i get scared being here alone everynight. its silly, but i just try to remember this FEAR stands for False Evidence Appearing Real! I learned that in church! =) just think that in your head and ask God to send angels around you. that always calms me!
433695
terrified, confused, traumatized,deeply afraid
552463
I don't know..but thanks a lot..I'm going to bed and now I'm scared.
175509
I would be scared to death of it.
1123769
A fear of enclosed places.
445468
Everyone is afraid of something - even Heros are usually scared people who do the right things. Most of us learn to live with our fears , if we are afraid of the dark , we could take a light to bed with us, turn off the lights - wait 2 minutes turn it back on and keep doing this till we are familiar with everything . or leave a light on all night.When I was little I was scared of the man who stood in the corner when the lights were turned out and of course when my parents came to look he was always gone.He would come back as soon as they left. My parents left a light on down stairs that showed up through the register - they thought this was enough light but by taking a flashlight to bed I found that the light they turned on for us was actually creating the man - because right next to the register was my fathers coat rack with his good coat, a long one and his good hat sitting on the top.\nOne thing quit listening to or watching things that scare you , people think it is funny to scare others for some reason - probably because they are scared themselves.
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Well, don't be afraid.  the darkness will hurt you, just have faith and believe you will always be alright.  I used to be a little smookie about Pet Semetry. but not anymore and Freddy
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you are scaring me too....
698298
hey, i'm 65 and terrified of the dark!!i leave bathroom light on low all night or the small light on top of stove on, sometimes i use night lights, i don't know if there is a cure for it or not, too late for me, good luck to you!!
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I would have to say no. I used to have nightmares alot when I was little and now I have to sleep with some sort of light on, TV, nightlight, lamp, something or they will reoccur.
434347
This is a crazy world and there are a lot of very sick people out there. My greatest fear is that something will happen to my children. Whether its kidnapping,murder,rape or any of the other worldly awfuls. I feel like I am constant fear of these things and that I can not protect them enough
369856
Being afraid. I hate the feeling
639476
I think everyone is a little afraid of being alone at night.  I always sleep on the couch when I'm alone.  Then, I leave extra lights on and the TV on.  That helps me feel less alone.  Could you not go stay with someone else?
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I have! I know I've at least STARTED to die in my sleep before, and I was all relaxed and drifting off with my father (who is dead) and stopped breathing & my husband had to shake me and I woke up gasping. Another time I dreamed of how someone else in the family died as if it were me, and I had the same feeling. It wasn't scary. THAT's what was so scary!
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I have sleep paralysis, but that isn't what a night terror is.  I am a registered sleep technologist, and know what these two are.  One is completely different from the other.  Sleep paralysis does make me awfully scared, though, even though I know that it won't hurt me!  If you are having either of these two disorders, you need to speak to your doctor ASAP and have a sleep study done.  The sleep study doesn't hurt, or anything- worst it does is makes ya look silly!  :)           Sleep paralysis is when you go to bed and just fall asleep when all of a sudden you didn't even realize you were asleep and now you can't move.. ANYTHING... your heart races, you sweat, you breathe like you were just in a marathon- you can't speak or blink at will- it stinks. It can also happen when you are woken up in the middle of the night.       Night terrors are when you wake up screamin in the middle of the night and don't remember doing it. Usually only kids have it.  Adults usually get it when they've been abused ( but not always true- it can happen to anyone).
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YES YES YES!!!\n\nI can relate to this one too! I hate storms and mostly because of the wind. My fear started after I had kids though so I associated it with being responsible for someone else besides myself.\n\nWhat I have done to alleviate some of the anxiety of this is to learn more about it. I look up everything I can. Read about all the facts and statistics. I make myself as aware as possible and have even mostly overcome this fear by doing these things.
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I use to, and still sometimes I do, the thing is if I spend to much time in the dark I become someone else, something kind of evil, and it can be scary. I need the light