Ep 117: Afraid of the Dark? It Could Be a Sign You’re Highly Intuitive

So first off, being afraid of the dark is normal.

Can we normalize that? I agree.

It's a common comment that I get and they're like, isn't this normal for everyone? It is.

Fear of the darkness is extremely common amongst children.

When we can't see what's around us, there's uncertainty.

Our imagination will fill in the information and sometimes those details are not great, we'll say.

We're also more vulnerable or feel more vulnerable while we're laying in our bed trying to sleep.

So being afraid of the dark as a child isn't proof that you were a psychic or that you were a medium or that you were seeing spirit.

But some people remember more specific things.

They weren't necessarily thinking something might be in my room.

They remember thinking something is in my room.

And I think that's where these stories get interesting.

That's the difference between the child that is just generally afraid of the dark, there's monsters under my bed, or is there something in my closet? And the child that is like, do not leave me alone in my room.

There is something in here with me.

And naturally, my next question is, why does so much seem to happen at night? People tell me so many times, I can't even count them how many times I've been told this.

I only see things at night.

My clairvoyance is stronger when I'm falling asleep.

I hear things right before I'm falling asleep.

My dreams are incredibly vivid.

And I believe there are some grounded reasons why the nighttime can feel different.

Your environment becomes quieter.

The visual information decreases, like what you're seeing all throughout the day.

And you're not scrolling, working, talking, cooking, parenting, driving, and processing a thousand external thoughts and experiences.

your attention turns inward.

And then there's the transition between being awake and falling asleep.