WHY PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF THE DARK - Ms. V.KANIMOZHI / I B.Sc PSYCHOLOGY / MKJC(A)
WHY PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF THE DARK Darkness is a strange place where silence gets louder and imagination becomes wild. When the lights go out, the world doesn’t disappear only our ability to understand it does. And that is where fear begins. Since ancient times, humans survived by staying alert at night. Darkness hid predators, dangers, and the unexpected. Our brain still carries that old memory. Even today, when we hear a soft sound in the dark, the mind whispers, What was that? In darkness, the familiar becomes unfamiliar. A coat on a chair turns into a shadowy figure. The wind becomes footsteps. A creak becomes a warning. Not because these things are real but because the mind hates blanks . Light gives answers. Darkness gives questions. Fear doesn’t live in the dark. It lives in the imagination that fills it. People are also scared of what darkness does inside their own mind. When everything outside becomes quiet, everything inside becomes loud. Old memories come back. W...
