I’m terrified of being alone in the dark in silence. And for some reason, it’s only when the house is silent. I start worrying that something is going to jump out from behind a corner and come at me, and I keep thinking that something is watching me from the window in my room, even though the damn thing is a good two stories above the ground! I even once thought I saw something moving behind my curtains and had the worst panic attack of my life! I couldn’t move at all, I started getting tunnel vision, and the blood rushing through my ears almost made me think someone was screaming outside; I probably would have fainted if I hadn’t realized the thing I saw was my own shadow. I can’t even walk past the basement at night because I’m too scared that there’s something down there that wants to eat my face. I know my paranoia is totally irrational and even silly when I think about it. When day comes or the TV’s on, everything’s perfectly fine, and the basement is even one of my favorite parts of the house. But when I’m the only one left awake in the house…
And I will never go outside in the dark any farther than the car in the driveway and for no longer than a minute at the most, and I run back inside if I hear any kind of noise. Because, for some reason, stupid stuff like zombie apocalypses and the owlman seem so much more likely when you’re outside at night. I feel extremely stupid saying it, but it’s the truth!