EPISODE · Sep 10, 2026 · 13 MIN
How Fear of Darkness Ruined This Man's Life
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Try Dashlane Premium free on your first device: https://www.dashlane.com/brewUse the coupon code 'brew' to get 10% off Dashlane PremiumHave you ever ran through the house while switching off the lights? Why are we afraid of the dark? Is it something that can be controlled? Today we’re going to talk about an extreme case of fearing the dark, and see how they were able to cope. Let’s get into it.Sources:[Nyctophobia Case Study: Extreme Fear of The Dark]https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1980-26162-001[How Are Fears Produced and Overcome?]https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-psychology/chapter/classical-conditioning/https://www.simplypsychology.org/classical-conditioning.htmlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27089509/https://youtu.be/BjiST55t5Z0[Evolution of Fear Response]http://people.whitman.edu/~herbrawt/classes/390/Ohman.pdfhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/articles/200801/10-ways-we-get-the-odds-wronghttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0022285https://youtu.be/VKCWFOKbqOMhttps://youtu.be/VZJr67cXiuIhttps://ki.se/sites/default/files/styles/article_full_width/public/qbank/Arne-custom20200330101203.jpghttps://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen-oung/5540460707/https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/healthcity_full/public/HealthCity/szalavitz-headshot-feature.jpg
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