Nyctophobia, or an extreme fear of darkness, affects both children and adults, often stemming from past trauma, anxiety ...

Sleeping with a light on can help alleviate fear of the dark, but if this fear persists into adulthood and becomes excessive or irrational, it may indicate a phobia. This condition, known as ...

As adults with savings accounts and sophisticated views on current affairs, we should be far too sensible to still be afraid of the dark. And yet who hasn’t lain rigid with fear after hearing a ...