Being scared is not a bad thing; it shows that you have respect for things. When you’re scared of the dark, you’re really scared of what you can’t see. Like the wild animals that you know watch you.
Being scared is nothing to be ashamed of, really it just means you are human and can feel when sweaty hands and rapid heartbeats have gone away.
You have that feeling that is like no other, where the icy hands of hell come out of the darkness. Then it stops, how it stops is a mystery but it does. Then you know that you either come over the fear or it takes over for a while.