silverpaw wrote:And i also get a wierd feeling when walking past a staircase in darkness, one day i plan to walk down there
And one more, when downstairs at night alone, i always seem to start running up the stairs as if something is following me
I used to be terrified of dark rooms, especially if they were
below me (such as at the bottom of a dark stairwell). The basement of my own home was one of them.
...but I can't stand being afraid of things that I shouldn't...
So, when I was about 10, I began doing this thing every time I was scared at night.
I would turn off all the lights in the basement and then I would challenge myself to find specific things in the dark, wandering blindly.
TV...Toy Truck...Table...Computer
(Commodore 64)...Toy chest-->Transformers Drawer-->Lego's Drawer-->Specific Toy within the drawer...Laundry Room Door...Garage door...etc, etc...
After doing this for a while, I found that my fear of dark rooms slowly changed into a facination of them. A familliar room becomes a completely different place when you can't see.
Now, I have very little, or almost no fear of the dark, and will happily walk down dark wooded park trails in the middle of the night on moonless, cloudless nights as a form of relaxation and meditation...even though I can barely see the ground under my feet, or the tree branches hanging over the trail.
My imagination goes
Wild in such a setting
(In a good way, vs. a terrifying one), when my mind has to fill in the gaps of what I can not see.
Confronting and conquering ones fears is a very worthwhile, satisfying and rewarding experience.
[EDIT:] Hunh...I guess I mentioned this allready. In fact...it was the very first response to this thread. Sorry for repeating myself.
