Darkness Phobia

Darkness Phobia

Child who's fear of the dark, bedtime can literally become a nightmare and bad exposure.

Very sure you've heard about mother who had to sit beside her young child's bed every night until the child fell into their deep sleep. They will react in fear to any little movement when they aren't asleep.

Many mother would then assume that the child just need little extra attention as it was dark, but time after time it became clear that the child wasn't lying and has been terrified being in the dark.

There are many possibilities to why each child fear of the darkness. Its norm that we grew up having a little fear of the dark due to its uncertainty in many form of horror imagination. Several terrifying movies, exposed to various scary facial appearance and some funny little tease or surprises that happened within the darkness can bring oneself into developing serious darkness phobia.

A simple experience I encountered when I was 6 years old growing up in fear of darkness till today. My elder sister pounced on me from behind when I was walking along a dark corridor. Horrified by her sound and appearance, I ran away shouting and crying in fright and shivered. That funny gesture turn ugly when scolded by father and was warned not to repeat such act to anyone again. Then I always feel that darkness isn't always empty!

Children aren't born with such fears in them but has developed in times with bad darkness experience.

Therefore, advice all parent to ensure that their child knows that not all teasing is harmless, even if they thought and seem funny at time.