Fear of the Dark

Well, it might be helpful to have more info, like what were the events that happened that regrettable drunken night in addition to the vertigo.

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ask a socratic series of questions of yourself until you tell yourself the right answer.
khairete
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What an interesting and unique first time question from a brand new poster!

Hypnosis. That and the fact that everyone has " a vertigo" after too much alcohol consumption. It's called intoxication. The fear of the dark would need to be further explored, and I think a hypnotist would be able to help you figure that out. Sounds like a subconscious fear, unless you can specify what actually happened to make you scared.

Well, for one thing, spring is on the way, so you'll soon have more light to walk around in.

If it were me, I'd get a physical checkup to make sure I'm healthy and have no other problems. If I didn't have any sort of vertigo when I wasn't drinking, then I would make myself walk outside (in the dark) for exactly one minute by the timer. Then I'd up it to two minutes the next day, and go from there.

When your fears go outside the box of common sense, it's better to rule them and not let them rule you.

I'd also cut down on my drinking. Don't let alcohol rule you, either.

i noticed that my fears are more amped when i am stressed. like some times i can gently get a paper let a spider crawl on it and remove it to the great out doors. other times when i am stressed i almost panic. same with other fears.

If you have good health insurance, use it. Maybe you need to get some mental health counseling (no dishonor- if we are sick we go to the doctor).

You need to deal with this. If you don't it will get worse. When we think anything (such as what could happen), we build a physical thought pathway in the brain. The more you think it, the thicker the pathway. So our fears DO turn physiological (not just psychological) after a while.

Darkness in winter isn't going away. If you were afraid of something like the Loch Ness monster, I'd let that go. But we do need to deal with things that are a normal part of life.

Also, drinking too much is a sign of stress. So there's another sign you need to deal with this.

Final: Take comfort-- many, many more people than you know are getting counseling for a whole host of things. Our society doesn't like to talk about it, so when we go through these fears, we feel alone. You're NOT alone!

i agree with mary take it one step at a time.. wait til its dark n stand outside your house for a minute.. do it a few times and then increase the length of time u are out there.. eventually youll get over it once u realize youve been out there all these times and nothing bad happens.. and i also ive gotten pretty damn drunk in the past and never gotten vertigo if i were u id stay away from alcohol as much as possible