Fear of....the dark

Although it’s generic, I still can’t stand being alone in a completely dark room. Maybe it’s from all the scary movies I’ve seen or I’m just too paranoid, but when I come home to an empty dark house it’s a race for me to be able to turn on almost every light in my house. It all started when one year my friends and I had the stupid decision to watch really old scary movies. After about 5 movies it was time for me to walk home, I wasn’t old enough to drive so I had to take the long walk from autumn’s dad’s house to mine. The street lights have always been terrible in Country Wood but this particular night I really needed them to be on, but of course they were not. so the entire walk home I got more and more paranoid about being in the dark and all the movie we had watched. Even though they were just stupid movies I was so scared of being alone in the dark that night. so I ran as fast as I could to get back to my house. Ever since then, whenever I'm in the dark alone I flashback to that moment and get equally as scared as that night.