Do you feel afraid if you sleep alone at evening?

@liuqian (476)
China
June 11, 2008 3:53am CST
The first time i sleep alone was when i was 7,maybe.My parents told me that my sister would go upstairs and sleep with me,so I agreed and slept alone.That night it was hard for me to fall in sleep at first because i was afraid to leave alone.But finally i did.When i woke up the next morning,i found that she didn't and i was still safe.Since then,i can sleep without anyone acompany. How about you?Are you afraid?
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27 responses
@mialei23 (2385)
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
Before I can't sleep alone, maybe because I was young then. I don't to turn off the lights and I slept inside my blanket. But I'm now sleeping alone in my room, I guess it's because I am old enough to live my life alone.
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
Congratulations,mialei!It means you have grown up now.^^sleeping alone isn't a so difficult thing,right?o(n_n)o...
• China
12 Jun 08
It's a very interesting discussion!I think everyone feel afeaid of sleeping alone when he was a little children.But while growing ,we do not be afraid of sleeping alone.But when there is thunder in the night,I will be afraid.Usually,I close the windows of room and listen to music or play video games to forget the feeling of fear.
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
If me,i will open my window instead.Because when there is thunder,it means there will be a rain.And it happens in summer.I like the rain in summer,so i will open my window and let the fresh,cool wind blow in front of my face.That's so comfortable.and if it's still early,i will go for a walk in the rain,is it strange?But i like it.lol.
@metschica25 (5399)
• United States
11 Jun 08
Hi, If I was little and I would get scared I would jump in bed with my parents . Until , I was a teen I shared a room with my brother so that made scary nights much better . Still sometimes we both would get spooked when we would watch a scary movie , and have to sleep with the lights on.
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
I don't wanna to see scary movie even my friends suggest me to watch.Especially Japanese movie.I often run away when they said it's a Japanese horror.^^ or often covered my eyes with my hands,just leave a little slot.lol.
@freedomg (1684)
• United States
11 Jun 08
Yes I do. If my hubby isn't in the house I have been know to let a strange noise freak me out. My poor kids woke up once to me doing a door check with a large pocket knife in my hand. Now I do door checks with a bat. It has a glow in the dark pattern that the kids know so they know it's me.
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
That's good way.And sometimes if i was alone in my house,i will turn my TV aloud or turn the music aloud,so others may think there were many people inside.haha...have a nice day!
• Qatar
11 Jun 08
Hi!! Well in my opinion it depends on your mode.If you're concerned about something it's let you feel scared and needy some nights .If you're really busy to think about it you won't feel scared.
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
Hi,Novelist!and if we imagine the place we like to go most,then we will not afraid and fall asleep soon.
• Netherlands Antilles
12 Jun 08
I'm 16 years old but I don't sleep by my mother. I think a child is stressed when sleeping alone because he/she is usually accompanied by her/his parent in the day and they get used to this and they think that if their parent leave their side, Something bad will happen. because evrybody knows that children don't like changes. and if you leave their side it's a change for them but teenagers are different the sooner you leave their side the better for them:) hahahhahahaha teenagers are difficult I know because I am one with love, Tipsie
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
Hello,Tipsie!Thx for your response.I think you are a good child and teenager,right?Because you can sleep alone and not feel afraid.Brave!Sometimes change is good,cause you can learn a lot from the change and grow up. Hope you enjoy mylot a lot!^^ Take care, liuqian
@scapula (760)
• Jordan
11 Jun 08
I don't afraid from dark at all, even if you told me that there is ghost or anythings, I used to be solid heart since I was child, Just remember that you feel afraid because you want that, try not to you will succeed. when I do sleep nothing bother my, I sleep deeply and I sleep immidietely.
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
Hi,scapula with solid heart!^^your mom must watching horrors when she was giving birth to you.just joking!^^
@subha12 (18441)
• India
11 Jun 08
no i never feel afraid. actually i sleep alone since age of 5 years. i am habituated in that. moreover i am more comfortable in sleeping alone.
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
Really,you are borned with a brave guy!That's good.
@wrangel15 (1443)
• Philippines
11 Jun 08
It is very hard for me to sleep alone before. That was when I was still a child. It took time before I was able to sleep alone. Being a child then, I was afraid of the dark. I imagine many things seen on movies like ghosts, zombies, and many scary things. I just don't know why my mind keep on imagining such things when I was alone before. But now I can say that I am not afraid of the dark anymore. I can sleep alone now. For couple of months I was the only one in my apartment. If you are afraid of something, if you can face it even once, for sure you can do it again. Facing it for the first time gives you the confidence to face it on the succeeding moments. :)
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
sounds right!most of the time they are just illusion.Get them away from your thoughts,then you can have a sweet dream.^^
11 Jun 08
ah bless i always had a fear of sleeping alone when i was a child and i hated the dark too, now i am older i would give anything to have the bed to myself unfortuanlty i share it with my 3 year old daughter who is also afraid to sleep on her own lol, the circle continues hahaha!
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
That's interesting.Now both of you will never be afraid of the darkness!Perfect!^^
11 Jun 08
Not in my adult years,but I have had moments when I have been in very strange places and felt a little afraid to sleep. I think sleeping alone takes a little getting used to.
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
You are right.especially when you moved to a place you never been.I remember the first night when i came to my university which far away from my hometown,i became sleepless.^^Thx for your response,have a nice day!
• Malaysia
11 Jun 08
Hie Liuqian, what a coincidence I just posted a topic about sleeping but with a different theme :) I do have that problem when I was younger esp. after hearing ghost stories or watched horrors on TV. But I have my aunt and grandma to sleep with me and they have been until I grown up. And I preferred to sleep with the lights on too which irritated my aunt...lol, that was because I like reading into the late night hours. Now I am sleeping fine alone, already an adult and enjoys horror shows too.I still have the habit of sleeping late and with lights on ( not because I 'm afraid but dozed off while reading )
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
Coincidence,i like!hehe..With light on?I never did this because i think it's a waste of electricity!But if i sleep with light on,i think no problem.cause i can sleep in every condition.even my friends talking aloud.lol.Horrors,ghost stories,no,i never wanna see them!have a nice day!^^
@izzuyasha (348)
• Malaysia
11 Jun 08
Never.Why should anyone afraid of sleeping alone?Those scary toughts are just in their head.
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
Didn't you have some scary thoughts when you sleep in some places you were not familiar with?I don't believe it.
• Poland
11 Jun 08
I don't have any problems with sleeping alone, hehe. Although most of the time I don't have an occasion, couse I live with my brother in one room.
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
Oh,that's fine!have a good day!
@shay3434 (881)
• Israel
11 Jun 08
Hello! I think every little child afraid to sleep alone. The darkness is frightening for many people, especially for children. First time I had to sleep alone at night was when I was about 9 or 10 years old I think and of course it was quiet hard for me. Sometimes there are strange voices in the nights that are scary and I was really afraid of this voices when I was little. Today I don't have this problem. I'm not afraid to sleep alone at nights and sometimes I even like the fact that I can sleep alone when no body is home.
@liuqian (476)
• China
14 Jun 08
Yes,especially when you just finished a horror movie.You close all the doors and windows,cover the curtain,afraiding that there were some ghost would appear suddenly.That's what i often did in my past.lol.Funny,isn't it?o(n_n)o... Now i can sleep alone and i think everyone will learn to sleep alone when they grow up. Have a nice day!^^
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
23 Jul 08
i live alone for many years, sometimes i felt fear at night before i sleep specially if the dogs barking seems they have saw something that human can't see. i am force myself not to fear about this matter and instead, i will sleep immediately never minding what happen outside.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
22 Sep 10
Hi. liuqian. When I was a teenager living in my grandmother's house, I was very afraid of going to sleep. Many years ago before I moved into my aunt's old room, I came into an encounter with my mother's spirit. This happened in the bedroom right next door to the room that I was sleeping in. I was so scared to sleep in my room by myself. I would ask my cousin to sleep in the same room that I am in. I would let her sleep on my floor. I was so ashamed to sleep all by myself in my room by myself. I would wake up in the middle of the morning, hearing creaking like someone was walking. It was no one in the house that was walking. It was very scary. I don't know what to think anymore.
• China
14 Jun 08
i don't afraid if i sleep alone at night. when i walk in dark evening,i always tell myself there no ghost in the world.even ghost exist.i think they would not hurt me for i have never done bad things.then i don't fear when i'm during dark night.
• South Africa
20 Sep 10
I am a single woman, living alone on a small holding with three bull terriers to keep me company and I am never afraid, which is no small feat in South Africa. Thing is, I've been single and staying on my own for so long, that it doesn't even cross my mind anymore. Someone said " the more you do what you fear to do the less you are afraid " and I find that very true. The first time I went to see a movie on my own, or went to have lunch at a coffee shop with a table for one was unbelievably scary and now I don't think about it anymore. Same goes for sleeping alone I suppose.
• Philippines
20 Sep 10
Im not totally afraid when im sleeping alone..im just not comfortable when im alone in my bed since i can feel something's right on my side even though i dont have anyone in my side.. its just creepy but im not afraid.