I also have this it started when i was little. to make a long story short i was maybe 10 and i was watching the twilight zone and this guy was on a plane and he lifts up the curtain and there is a monkey thing standing there. since then i couldnt look out of windows if they were blocked by something.when i was in the boyscouts and i woke up having to go to the bathroom i could cause i was scared to open the door. i am now 18 and im no longer scard to do it but i still have some anxiety while doing it.
I do too by: Mark
I have something similar to you Melanie. It's a borderline phobia that when it's dark outside and the lights are on inside that someone could be right next to me outside the window staring in and I wouldn't be able to even know that they are there. I don't have this fear on any floor except the first floor where people can stand at the windows. I always think that I will see a face pop out or something and I normally just leave the room quickly if I'm alone or move to a side of the room where the window can not see (It sounds stupid but it's true)
Fear of looking out windows. by: Clodagh
I feel the same. I can't look out a window when it's dark, espicallly if i'm on my own. When i'm on my own in a room, its dark and the curtians are open I have to close it really quickly, without looking out the window. I find it really embarassing esp. as i'm going to the Gaelteacht with my friends in the summer, does anyone know how to get rid of it? I'm 15 and I don't want to have it all my life!
I have something similar by: Melanie
but I don't know what this is called. I always have to shut the blinds before it gets dark. If it's already dark out, I am too scared to get close enough to the window to shut the blind. I am always worried about something or someone scary suddenly appearing in the window. I've had this since I was a teenager, and probably like you it came from an overactive imagination. Sometimes even when it is light out, I can't look at an open window too long or I'm afraid something horrible will suddenly appear in it.
