I don't know anyone who actually likes the dark or night-time. I don't care how much they say it doesn't bother them. That's why we used to huddle in caves and light fires when the sun went down.
I'm frightened of the dark.
I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark.
I'm afraid of the dark. I'm not kidding.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm still scared of the dark. I have to have a light on all night. It's completely irrational, and my son is the same. I just hate the dark.
When I am in a hotel, and I turn off the lights and the TV, I just freak out. I turn the TV back on and don't get any sleep.
My work in general involves getting over my fears that are deeply embedded since childhood: Fear of darkness, fear of dangerous activities in general, and fear of dirt - I had a considerable obsessive compulsive disorder as a child.
When I was a kid, I used to be afraid of the dark. I would stand at my door, turn the light off and dive into bed.
Growing up, I was afraid of the dark.
Sometimes at night I light a lamp so as not to see.
I mean, The New York Times actually had an interesting case recently where they described a detainee who was afraid of the dark, and so he was purposely kept very much in the dark.
When I was little, I didn't like being left on my own in the dark.
