Nyctophobia, “are you afraid of the dark?” If so you also have Nyctophobia. Except a phobia is an irrational fear and I would argue it is perfectly reasonable to be afraid of the dark; just like a fear of polar bears is reasonable on Svalbard. The dark isn’t as scary as what lies within it. It’s the vulnerability of tiredness and the unknown in the pitch black. In this series I will tell you personal stories which have given me just cause to fear the gloom. The key thing to bear in mind is that we cannot allow our fears to control us, especially Nyctophobia because the night is as unescapable as the day.
