Why we are afraid of the dark. [Infographic]

The fear of darkness (nyctophobia) is a psychologically-impacted feeling of being disposed from comfort to a fear-evoking state. The fear of darkness or night has several non-clinical terminologies—lygophobia, scotophobia and achluophobia. Nyctophobia is a phobia generally related to children but, many clinics with pediatric patients have a great chance of having adults who have nyctophobia. View the simple explanation bellow: Infographic;