Saragrl
Well-Known Member
I was watching an episode of criminal minds and one of the characters who seems to be based on Aspergers mentioned that he was afraid of the dark. I am very much afraid of the dark, not the dark itself, but being alone in it. I have not really given it to much thought the past few years because I have a cat who sleeps up against me every night. Before her, if I woke up in the middle of the night, I would freak out. I don't mean this lightly, I run to turn the light on, as if I don't something will kill me.
I have always had this fear, and I remember one night my mother tried to fix it by locking me in my room in the dark. That lasted like 5 mins as I freaked out more then that kid in the sixth sense. It is so bad that I truly feel like I could never life alone. Right now I only rent a room in a house, but in the past if I lived in a house with one other roommate and they left for the night I would barricade myself in my room and not turn the light off. I would only fall asleep from the exhaustion of being hyper vigilant.
Worst of all I can only sleep in darkness (not total but no lights on).
I don't know why I am this way, and it's not something that I would ever bring up in conversation with NT's. They seem to think of it as a childish fear. I wonder now if it could do with my Aspergers.
I have always had this fear, and I remember one night my mother tried to fix it by locking me in my room in the dark. That lasted like 5 mins as I freaked out more then that kid in the sixth sense. It is so bad that I truly feel like I could never life alone. Right now I only rent a room in a house, but in the past if I lived in a house with one other roommate and they left for the night I would barricade myself in my room and not turn the light off. I would only fall asleep from the exhaustion of being hyper vigilant.
Worst of all I can only sleep in darkness (not total but no lights on).
I don't know why I am this way, and it's not something that I would ever bring up in conversation with NT's. They seem to think of it as a childish fear. I wonder now if it could do with my Aspergers.