I am 31 and I'm terrified of the dark. Not only am I scared of the dark but its like I can't help but have the mental image of the "bad guys" from scary movies lurking in my home. I was raised by my single mother and was alone a lot starting at the age of five or six. I watched some scary movies then because I had no parental supervision. I was also left alone at night often. Like I said I am 31 now and still terrified of the dark and or what's in the dark that I can't see. I am fine as long as its light outside. Even when all the lights are on in the house and it's dark outside I am scared. I don't know what to do about this at all but I pray about it all the time and I just don't know what to do to cure it?