I’ve always been afraid of the dark. I’ve tried to overcome it many times, but I just freak out and become more frightened. I used to tell everyone it was what’s in the dark, but I know there isn’t a monster that’s going to come out. I’m embarassed by it. I have to sleep with a light on. Everything has to be brighter than it is outside, even in the daylight and I have to have something running so I don’t start hearing things. I don’t know what I should do. I feel like it will never go away.