Get over my fear of the dark

A few days ago, i went out on a run/(mostly)walk through the woods.
At first it seemed scary, but after turning the last light pole before the forest, i jumped into the darkness and just kept going.
Luckily the moon was half-full, so it gave a decent amount of light.

After the first forest, i decided to go through the other one too.
I had to walk by the church on the way, there was light going from the church out to the highway. I was actually afraid of going into that light, i didn’t want to deal with the darkness now that i was in it, so i went around the light.

There were no animals of any kind in the woods, although i did see 2 deers the next morning.
After sometime alone, it started to get boring, there were no sounds anymore, no weird paranoid feelings, nothing it was just boring.
So i went home and to bed..

Gonna try again, when it’s totally dark.
Kinda wish i had someone to do these mad things with.

Last Friday night at about 3:30 i went out on a run through the woods. I tried to see how it was, to go into dark.
It almost took over me, i put some music on while i ran, just to stay calm and not freak out. It helped alot, but i don’t think that i would be able to do it without music.
I can’t really say that i didn’t look back all the time to see if something was following me, but hey baby steps.

When i go outside at night, i hear nothing.
All my senses starts blowing up and i begin to get really paranoid. Watching my back and hearing things that aren’t there.

I try not to go out in the dark alone.

Fear is what is killing me in my sleep.