😱🌙 29% of American Adults Are STILL Afraid of the Dark! 🌙😱
Turns out, a lot of adults still aren’t over their childhood fears! A new survey reveals that 29% of American adults are still afraid of the dark — and plenty of them even sleep with a nightlight or keep the lights on all night. 💡 Meanwhile, almost the same number say they love horror movies… even though they admit those same movies give them nightmares! 👻 Dive into the spooky stats and find out who’s really braver when it comes to bedtime — men or women?
10/15/20251 min read
Okay, be honest… are YOU one of them? 👀 A new survey says 29% of American adults still get the creeps when the lights go out! 💡➡️🌑
Even more — 24% say they sleep with a nightlight, and 10% keep the lights ON all night. (And get this… men are actually more likely to admit it than women! 😬)
But here’s the twist: 28% of people LOVE watching horror movies 🎥🧟♂️ — even though a bunch of them can’t sleep afterward! 😴💀
In fact, men are more likely than women to say they have nightmares after a scary movie 😳 …so maybe skip The Conjuring before bed, guys.
👻 28% wake up in the middle of the night after watching horror flicks
😨 22% say their sleep gets worse
😴 12% end up sleeping fewer hours
So yeah… we might laugh about being afraid of the dark, but clearly it’s still haunting a lot of adults out there. 🕯️😵💫
Would YOU admit you still need a nightlight? 💭✨