Does anybody remember that TV show on Nickelodeon called, "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" Never watched it, but this thread make me think of it. Here is a link that tells about it: http://johnnorrisbrown.co.../index.htm

psychodelicide said:

They were showing re-runs of this recently,and my nephews liked it.

At home, I always keep the blinds shut, the curtains drawn over them, the lights off and the shades on my eyes.

At home, I always keep the blinds shut, the curtains drawn over them, the lights off and the shades on my eyes.

When I was younger, I read "Salem's Lot" by Stephen King. The scene where the boy was floating outside the window trying to get his brother to let him in freaked me out for a LONG time! I slept with my back to the windows!

SK can be way too descriptive!

chocolate1 said:

omg. you reminded me of a horrible nightmare I once had, that I woke up and sat up in my bed, and my curtains were open and a man was outside my window ready to throw a brick at me. I was on the first floor. That scared me for weeks!!!!

ZombieKitten said:

That's kinda funny....that happened to me once, but it wasn't a dream and the man didn't have a brick...he was just outside my window when I was waking up...pervert!

peacenlovealways said:

creeeepy!
but your bedroom is on the ground floor, right, not upstairs?

ZombieKitten said:

I live on the 5th floor....the last floor going up...he was on those things they use...forgot the name of it... what window washers use...

peacenlovealways said:

OMG!!!! I would have been screaming!

ZombieKitten said:

I think he was pretending he was working on the building...but I'm sure he could see me in my bed.... Good thing I wasn't doing anything freaky...

peacenlovealways said:

did you call the police?

onenitealone said:

maybe..
i know that i used to hate sleeping with my back towards the rest of the room..if i had a bed where one side was along the wall..i would sleep with my back to the wall..
i remember MANY times being scared awake by the sensation that sometinhg walked uo to my bed and touched my back (when it was out to the room)
and it wasn't a light touch either!!
neither was it ever any of my family
they were always asleep...
i would be so scared to move..
and yeah..
on that feet NOT being covered up..
whenever they are not covered.....
i am ALWAYS awakened in the night by something tickling them...

I can't sleep if the doors are open.

I live alone in my new home, and the bathroom is connected to my bedroom. I have to have both closets, the bedroom door, AND the bathroom door closed, or I'm

I do sleep by the light of the tv though (sleep timer).

Okay, so am I the ONLY 34 year old freak who is still afraid of the dark??


Are you??


How did you overcome it??


Or do you actually prefer it??



Tonight, it's windy as hell, a million things are creaking , I have the house to myself and it's freaking me the hell out. I've *always* been scared of the dark - I think it stems back to when I was kid and some brat told me monsters came down from the woods opposite my house, at night, and roamed the houses. I've been a wuss ever since.


Are you scared of the dark??

peb319 said:

You sound like me - I wasn't always afraid of the dark until this entity/ghost/spirit that is in my house started touching me at night.
Last week, it grabbed my toes so hard, I sat straight up in the bed and when I did, i saw a figure of a man in a hat walk by me - i was scared shitless and thought someone was in my house. Just the other night, it grabbed them again and laughed. I posted about this before, it's been going on for a few years now.
I have to have the TV on low and won't sleep with my feet or hands out side of the covers.