what are you afraid of?

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It's called Nyctophobia for me or in layman's term, fear of the darkness. I dunno. I guess I've always been afraid of the dark and I've never been able to sleep alone without the lights on. I'm already twenty years old but nothing has changed. Actually, I'm not afraid of darkness itself but it's the fear of ghosts, bad spirits and robbers. I just think that if I keep the lights on, there's a smaller chance of seeing them. I actually even believe that bad spirits and ghosts are afraid of the dark. In high school, I remember seeing a figure which I could not make out to be 2d or 3d. It was shaped like the man's sign in comfort rooms and happened during a fire. When morning came, I talked to some of my classmates about it and some of them said they've also seen the same figure. In my high school days, I remember also hearing a crying baby at the dead of the night and sometimes, when you're lucky enough you get to hear a mother humming the baby to sleep. Most of us first years have heard it and we guessed that it was probably due to the fetus contained in a jar at the science lab beside our dorm. But the most frightening thing I've heard was the one time when I suddenly woke up, dead of the night. All of my dormates were already asleep and my bestfriend was sleeping very soundly. I was staring at the top of my bunk since we slept in double deckers when suddenly, there came this inexplicable sound that resembled many voices of lost souls, similar to the ones you hear in horror movies. I woke my bestfriend up to see if she would also hear it but to my dismay, she just punched me because she was scared to death when she heard it and just went to sleep again. The voices continued on until finally it was no longer eerie to hear it and I fell asleep. Since then, I had been more scared of the dark. I never watch horror films again, especially those that were created by Asian film makers. I've been traumatized since I watched The Grudge with my friends. I actually can't imagine my life when I already have my own house. I think I'll just have to wait for my husband (in the future) before I come home. haha. How about you? Are you afraid of the dark? what are you afraid of?