Hi all, in my last post one of the things I talked about was fear of being alone and fear of the dark. In my case if I am alone after midnight in my house I am a basket case. I call it my Cinderella syndrome. Well last weekend my husband was out of town and I was alone for two nights. I could have went but I didn't have a lot to do where he was going and it would have been boring, so I decided to see if I could overcome my fear of being alone. I do fine during the day it is at night that all hell breaks loose. True to form it was time to go to bed I had most of the lights on. I would sleep for an hour and be up that went on all night until I could see light coming through the window. Then I slept almost two hours. The next night I decided to sleep on the couch and leave the TV on. I figured you don't really need to be in bed to sleep. There really isn't anybody there saying "why aren't you in bed". I use a sleep apnea machine so I dragged that out with me. I didn't realize the food network is on all night. I listened to Guy Fieri go from dinners, drive ins and dive's all night. I will say that sleeping on the couch was a lot better than the bed. So all in all I lived through my experience. Would I do it again? I don't think so. I really think it would have gotten easier the longer I had to do it but lets face it why get all strung out if you don't have to. I don't know if being alone and fear of the dark are special to agoraphobics in general or not. I do know it is definitely a mental condition. Agoraphobic on the other hand is not. Take the test on the right and see if you can get rid of at least one thing in your life.
Love you all, Yolanda
