Are you afraid of the dark?
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Fear of the dark. I have a constant fear that somethings always near. I have a phobia thats someones always there.
I think I'm really more afraid of my imagination and the fucked up stuff it invents lurking in the shadows. It's pretty much the natural reaction of man when engulfed in total darkness to feel uneasy and do anything to get the hell out of there.
I think I'm really more afraid of my imagination and the fucked up stuff it invents lurking in the shadows. It's pretty much the natural reaction of man when engulfed in total darkness to feel uneasy and do anything to get the hell out of there.
Nah, not usually. If I stay up really late, I get paranoid, but other than that, no.
And yet...
Slender Man.
*shiver*
And yet...
Slender Man.
*shiver*
I find that I'm more aware and paranoid in the dark. My senses are sharper and I suspect every sound of being an enemy agent planning my demise. That's why I sleep with a knife under my pillow.
The sensory depprevation and sudden vunerability the darkness provides pretty much makes a pin dropping equivilant to a lion pouncing at me as far as my brain goes.
I have an undiagnosed condition that has stops my pupils from constricting normally in light and they tend to be perpetually dilated.
Consequently, a the price of shades being a necessity, rather than just a fashion statement, I can see exceptionally well in the dark. I also have excellent hearing. I'm also a creepy fuck who has practiced sneaking up on people for as long as I've drawn breath.
Not afraid of the dark. Enjoy it.
P.S. If anyone is trying for "night" camo, the temptation may exist to go for pitch black... this actually stands out against normal shadows. Ideally you want a dark, 25-35% exposure gray. The human eye won't register that as immediate movement against most normal moonlight backgrounds.
The best is sneaking up to someone's camp in the woods and leaving a cheap cassette recorder with the sound of a baby crying on it, playing about 30 yards away on a delayed intro and creeping out to watch them freak out from a distance... Don't recommend antagonizing hunters, mind... Teenagers and college vacationers are a lot safer to spook and have a better "creeped" yield. Especially if they're smoking up.
Consequently, a the price of shades being a necessity, rather than just a fashion statement, I can see exceptionally well in the dark. I also have excellent hearing. I'm also a creepy fuck who has practiced sneaking up on people for as long as I've drawn breath.
Not afraid of the dark. Enjoy it.
P.S. If anyone is trying for "night" camo, the temptation may exist to go for pitch black... this actually stands out against normal shadows. Ideally you want a dark, 25-35% exposure gray. The human eye won't register that as immediate movement against most normal moonlight backgrounds.
The best is sneaking up to someone's camp in the woods and leaving a cheap cassette recorder with the sound of a baby crying on it, playing about 30 yards away on a delayed intro and creeping out to watch them freak out from a distance... Don't recommend antagonizing hunters, mind... Teenagers and college vacationers are a lot safer to spook and have a better "creeped" yield. Especially if they're smoking up.
Hm, so, the thing with darkness is... normally, I like it when it's a bit darker. Not completely, but darker than most people like. (Hey, I mean, you can see things that are standing in the light when you are covered in darkness, but when you are surrounded by light, you can't see what is in the dark. I like that.) Also, my eyes are a bit light-sensitive.
But my sub-conscience is a wreck. Nearly every night, I am getting a "Pavor Nocturnus", I think it's called "Night Terror" in english. Normally, after about 80% of those attacks, I can't remember that it happened, I'm just tired the next morning, while my dog, my mum, my neighbors and even the guys above my neighbors hear and remember my screams. Often I just know that -something- happened, but I can't tell what. And then... sometimes, it only happened twice, I can remember exactly what terror my mind pictured, because I am able to awake before the Pavor ends. And hell, darkness can be alive in my mind. After that one time that I awoke in the middle of a Pavor, I know why I am normally screaming my lungs out of my body.
I can't even describe it, but it vanished the second I turned my light on.
So, I am afraid of the darkness - but only when I'm asleep.
(Also, thanks for writing the lyrics of "Fear of the Dark". I love that song. Now I've got an Ohrwurm. And I don't have an idea how to translate Ohrwurm. It's a song that doesn't get out of your head. "Catchy tune" or something? Literally translated it is an Earwig.)
But my sub-conscience is a wreck. Nearly every night, I am getting a "Pavor Nocturnus", I think it's called "Night Terror" in english. Normally, after about 80% of those attacks, I can't remember that it happened, I'm just tired the next morning, while my dog, my mum, my neighbors and even the guys above my neighbors hear and remember my screams. Often I just know that -something- happened, but I can't tell what. And then... sometimes, it only happened twice, I can remember exactly what terror my mind pictured, because I am able to awake before the Pavor ends. And hell, darkness can be alive in my mind. After that one time that I awoke in the middle of a Pavor, I know why I am normally screaming my lungs out of my body.
I can't even describe it, but it vanished the second I turned my light on.
So, I am afraid of the darkness - but only when I'm asleep.
(Also, thanks for writing the lyrics of "Fear of the Dark". I love that song. Now I've got an Ohrwurm. And I don't have an idea how to translate Ohrwurm. It's a song that doesn't get out of your head. "Catchy tune" or something? Literally translated it is an Earwig.)
It's a survival instinct to be aware of it, but most of the time it doesn't bother me, unless I think about the situation.