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03-13-2008, 09:08 PM | #1 | |||
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Okay, this is totally out in left field, but I'm sitting here alone and it is night. I can be in my home (alone at times) all day and it doesn't bother me.
What is it about darkness and night that is so scary? I don't know why but you notice every sound (in my case it's usually my darn refrigerator creaking and making all kinds of noise!). Sometimes I think it's the neighborhood cats who pitter patter across my deck and jump off. Or fight with each other and make ungodly sounds. Get my point. I wonder if it's just in us to fear the dark, dating from the time of early man who didn't even have fire (for a good while) to ward off the dark and the wild beasts. I think that's where the 'hair on the back of the neck standing up' comes from. What do you think? Anyone else not like the night time? Tootsie
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03-14-2008, 10:26 AM | #2 | |||
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If my hubby is gone on a business trip, I find it so much harder to get comfortable once it starts getting late. Every sound is suspecious, but usually it's my kitties getting into trouble.
Not sure what it is. Maybe it is just something about the darkness that we learned as humans not to like.
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03-14-2008, 11:56 AM | #3 | |||
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I get so tired; not sleeping well when he's gone. I guess the stuff in the news is getting to me! Diane
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03-14-2008, 12:49 PM | #4 | ||
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I've been a chicken since I was a kid....it never went away. I was the kid that dragged the blanket and slept on the floor in my parents room til I was 12.
I think it's in the genes. I never could rationalize with myself. Thunderstorms still make me jump! |
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03-14-2008, 02:19 PM | #5 | |||
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I'm one of those weirdo's who isn't bothered by nighttime. I can fall asleep just fine whether I'm home alone or not. I'm not sure why I've become this way because when I was married I hated it when Tim was gone overnight. I'd hear every noise and just knew something was going to get me. Now, I can be alone during an horrendous thunderstorm where the electricity is knocked out in the middle of the night and I just snuggle deeper into my bed.
Sometimes I think I've been through the worst things a person could endure - and a little darkness isn't going to hurt me (or scare me).
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03-14-2008, 06:44 PM | #6 | |||
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I wandered through the house, no fear. Now I just can't sleep; I always think someone might break in and I won't hear them and take evasive action. Isn't that silly. Must be the latest news and seeming vulnerability I see. I have an alarm system and double locks and such, but it still worries me. As I said, what the difference really is that dh is here or not I don't know. He sleeps like a rock. One time the liner of our chimney fell in...horrendous noise. He slept through it! Tootsie
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