Why is darkness Scary/Creepy?

[*BlackFox]

Nobody wants to be left in the dark. Isn't that right? Even if a place that has no creepy elements in daylight.. lulz
Well, do you believe that something is out there? Hiding and waiting, or is it Just scary because we watch too many horror movies?

Well, What's your thoughts?

[Miguez]

imagination and fear of not knowing imo... I mean, rationally you know nothings there but still

[Mark.]

Darkness is scary because it's..dark. Hence you can see pretty much nothing, not knowing what may befall you.

[John_Doe]

Only pussies are afraid of the dark.

[Azilius]

Fear of the unknown.

[Mirosuke]

Fear of the unknown.

[cpinney]

i like the dark personally.

[Doron]

I like being alone in the dark because then I'm for once the brightest.

[Apy]

I like being alone in the dark because then I'm for once the brightest.

really nicely said

[Trace]

I like being alone in the dark because then I'm for once the brightest.

Ignorance is bliss.

[*BlackFox]

Only pussies are afraid of the dark.

Nah, It's not that I'm afraid.. But you Just never know who is "behind you" in the dark.. lulz. Isn't that creepy?

[Ashikiheyun]

"It’s the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more." -Albus Dumbledore

[Doron]

You did not just quote harry potter.

[Dante]

Leftover Instinct

[McLovin1t]

imagination and fear of not knowing imo... I mean, rationally you know nothings there but still

also vulnerability.

[Miguez]

imagination and fear of not knowing imo... I mean, rationally you know nothings there but still

also vulnerability.

yes

[Squirt]

I think that the only thing we fear when we are born is the dark. Everything else we learn to fear through experience

[antics]

I think that the only thing we fear when we are born is the dark. Everything else we learn to fear through experience

its actually falling down

[Ganja]

I think that the only thing we fear when we are born is the dark. Everything else we learn to fear through experience

its actually falling down

I thought it was hairy nipples

[CrimsonNuker]

In before Silo.

[William-CL]

imagination and fear of not knowing imo... I mean, rationally you know nothings there but still

This. If you focus on the rational part of it though, it's not a big deal. I remember being a kid and having my blankets tucked all the way up to my neck and not letting even my shoulders hang out a little. Nightlights also sucked lol, cause as a kid the littlest things making shadows in them freaks you out more than the dark.

[MrJoey]

Fearin the dark is for <9yrsold... and Jedi.

[BuDo]

Fear of the unknown and not being able to have any form of control over the situation

[Mirosuke]

I like being alone in the dark because then I'm for once the brightest.

Like always

[NuclearSilo]

What? You got to be kidding me. Vampire does not afraid of darkness talking to myself

[vietxboy911]

I got home from HHN and its pretty dark.

I think being "scared" of the dark is because you dont really know whats there.

Like, I fcking jumped when I saw something pop up inside the haunted house in the strobing light part ( everything is like in slow motion! like in the movies but you experince it o.O )

It was the first one I walked through but after that one the tohers were pretty much the same and I kinda knew what to expect, but when they scream and holler at you it has the same effect lol

[aishsharma]

Notice how only nocturnal animals stay out in the dark? It's coz of that, now matter how big our brains are, we are still animals and we still have instincts, no matter how dulled they may be by the generations wasted being away from nature, and by nature we fear the dark because that's when the "predators" come to get you.

On another note, most of us are rational and can move past the initial jolt of fear.

Personally the dark doesn't bother me but I can never say for sure since its very rare for me to actually be in pure darkness(thanks to artificial lighting). But sometimes i get the creeps at night, usually after I was watching 3-4 hrs of nothing but horror shows/movies( I do that sometimes) and I get jumpy after that *shivers*

[MrTwilliger]

I think that the only thing we fear when we are born is the dark. Everything else we learn to fear through experience

lulwut? I have to completely disagree. The only thing we are naturally scared of is death. Well, pain too. Both emotional and physical. So 2 things, pain and death. We are afraid of things because they cause a negative reaction to us, often pain and death.

I'll explain. We aren't scared of heights simply because "they are high". No, we are scared of them because if we fall, we die. We are scared of snakes because if they bite us, we become ill. We are scared of being alone because it causes emotional pain and detachment. We are scared of the dark because the shit we can't see, may dam well hurt us.

Basic human instinct is to live, breed and survive. We fear things that will bring this to an end. Seems pretty darn simple to me.

[BloodyBlade]

Because you don't know what can happen/will happen. As soon as a human doesn't know this he gets scared.

[asusi]

SImple: cause you have no vision "