Jerry's+Collage

Terrified: To feel extreme fear.

One of my strongest childhood fears was the dark. I remember once I woke up in the middle of the night when I was sick, and I was scared because my room was pitch black. Though I knew were the light switch was without having to look for it, I was too terrified to leave the safety of my bed to go switch it on, because I had no idea what was waiting for me in the darkness. Anything that my imagination created could have manifested itself in that unknown space, and to me, that was terrifying.