When I was a child I was afraid of the dark

When I was a child I was afraid of the dark. Every time I would walk into a dark room I would hurry to turn on a light. Instead of sleeping in the dark I would sleep with a night light. I remembered one time my family and I watched a scary movie called It which had a killer clown in it. When I would go to bed at night I would be scared thinking that the killer clown was hiding underneath my bed or in the dark spooky closet. There were nights were I could not fall asleep right away and I would lay there eyes open on my bed looking around to see if everything was safe. I looked to my doorway to see a dark empty hallway wondering if someone was on the other side of the wall. If I couldn't stop thinking about it then I would run to my moms room and sleep with her for the night.My mother would just tell me it's all in your head. Now a days I just close my door and go to bed. Scary movies don't get to me like they used to.