Is it normal: random panic attacks in the dark

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Yeah, so I'm nineteen, in college, and I have random panic attacks if I'm in the dark. I can be in the dark for hours and hours, and I'll think of one little scary thing, like just a tiny flash from a scary movie, and I'll instantly think that that thing is now in my room. My huge one right now is the Legend of the Rake and Slenderman. Fucking Slenderman. I've been afraid of slenderman for about a year and a half now and I just can't get over it. Anyway, so I'll be chilling out on my bed in the dark and my shitty brain will start drifting to creepy shit like that. And then I will be on panic mode until I can force my body up out of bed, rush to the light switch, and turn it on to find my room completely empty of any scary monsters.

Also, if anyone knows how to help me in my desperate situation, please help me!!!! I'm so scared!!!!

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    I have these too, except I often fear a demon from Hell or something down that line. What I do is try not to think about it and focus my mind on something else. You know the old saying "Think happy thoughts". I know it's cheesy, but I find it the best thing for the situation.

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  • ProcrastoMan
    11 years ago

    I'm like that - Slenderman creeps me out but for me Samara/Sadako is the worst. If I picture that shit at night then I will not be asleep for a while. It's weird because I love scary movies - I guess the thrill of being scared when there's no real threat is fun, but then my imagination runs wild at night D:

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  • Terence_the_viking
    11 years ago

    Night light keeps it bright and helps you fight.

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  • theytookthisone
    11 years ago

    You should play Amnesia

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  • 0404
    11 years ago

    Poor thing its normal. :)

    Take care

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    i would rather have it pitch black in my room at sleeping time or i'll see shit that may or may not be there even with dim light on its gotta be black in here

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    what i read and seen about the rake thing it is fake what it said was it was a deer in the woods and someone fucked with the picture and tried to make it look like how it does now but if you look at it you can see all that it really is is a deer gating grass

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    i thought the rake was fake

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  • Thepilotofepic
    11 years ago

    Slenderman is fake, he was a school project paper

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    • acidlor
      11 years ago

      Oh yeah, I know. I know monsters aren't real. He's like Freddie Kruger or the aliens from War of the Worlds. Everyone has something they're absolutely terrified of. Slenderman is my Jason.

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  • Bubbles-for-life
    11 years ago

    I did that too but then it changed..... Now i become very exited and on my hands and knees and jump around and scream exitedly

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  • Intension
    10 years ago

    Normal if you are 5 years old..

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