I've been chatting away tonight, and I 've been talking about how much I hate the dark, which got me to thinking just now: what is so scary about the dark? Is it that someone could jump out, that they could be hiding somewhere? Or does it all lead back to monsters under the bed?? It's a very strange thing to still be scared of the dark at 23 years old, but scared I am. I can sleep in it fine, but having to stay awake in charge of a residential unit of 22 disabled people at night is not too nice! The building is a funny shape, and you have to have the night lights on, so the corridors are pretty dingy, making the whole experience a very unsettling one...

I wonder if hypnotherapy works? I get so jumpy, and I absolutely HATE (with a passion, I might add!) people walking behind me, as it makes me feel extremely nervous. I think I could even class that as a phobia! Does anyone else hate the dark like me? Or worse? I like to know that I can turn a light on at night time, and I'm forever seeing shapes in ths shadows... There must a "cure" for it, and it's high time I started to look for one.

I think this shall only be a short blog at the moment, but if anyone has any thoughts, I'd be grateful to hear them!