Is there any psychological reason why some people like to sit in the dark, while others prefer the light?

Well the next time you watch tv with your mom, shine a flashlight in your eyes and see if that helps, lol. Are you trying to figure out if you are psycho? Maybe a little, lol. :P

I think I know what the deal is. And that you are special. Not joking, serious. You are incredibly positive, funny and high energy. You have a "bright" personality, so I'm figuring that is one reason for the need of light. Depressed people commonly like the darkness, and not just for watching tv.

Plus, you are like a sponge. You have an over-active brain, in a good way. You have attention to detail that puts the rest of the human race to shame. That is a nice way of saying you are ANAL, LOL LOL It seems you need to see what's going on around you, in case you might miss something.

I think your mom is "normal", lol. ;) Meaning most people like the lights off watching tv, because it helps them relax and focus on the show in front of them.

But that is what I like about you, you are not normal, lol. You have an insatiable aptitude for learning among many other things. Seriously, who else would ask such a "psycho" question as this?? LOL ;) xoxox

Hey, just read your additional details and I can agee with you that it may have something to do with good and evil. But, I think it would be a mistake to make that a blanket statement or apply it to your mom in this question. Unless of course she has a nasty habit of drawing pentagrams in the floors of the house! ha ha :P

The dark is calming and makes a person feel sleepy as it invokes the body into the sleep pattern but some people have a fear and not always prominent but just uncomfortable when they are in the dark.

I prefer the light watching TV because I do other things and need to see what I'm doing.

Probably it is not psychological, but it could be a physiological preference. We are all beautifully and wonderfully made. Perhaps you and your mom could compromise by adding some low level light to the room. Hopefully, you talk to your Mom about this and come to some agreement that will make you both feel okay.

Hmmm...'could be that the outside bothers your mom to sit in the light to watch tv maybe. And you know, some people like to drink coffee with cream and sugar; some like it black.

And maybe your mom prefers the muses that come to her remnant of those when she was very young, perhaps younger than you, when all the hooplah of cell phones and Ipods and blackberries were not existent and she and her mom and all their friends about and around relied on the things more natural; where they were resolved to rely more heavily upon their ' inner technologies'.

'You know what else? The dark affords great focus, which allows a person to zoom in on what they are reflecting upon, without outside visual noise that is so freighted with much light and distraction.

And there is something else again: those who have a fine measure of light within themselves know that they do not have to depend upon outer light. They live by what is theirs within, not by what is afforded by the Electric company.

All right -- now -- I shared my views. So now, there you have it. Now, you can now name for us some of the psychological reasons why you believe that some prefer to sit in the light; while others, the dark.

Edit: Yes there are indeed deeper reasons. Contemplate them for yourself. Yours are as fine as any others'. Now, there are always deeper and higher reasons. Bear in heart and mind here -- we all live in and are parts of mysterious, outrageously powerful systems of universes and worlds inconceivable to anything known to Psychology, and Cosmology. So now, scale the heights, plumb the depths for yourself. You will surely come to it, inevitably.

I would rather sleep during the day time and come out at night. I find it so comforting. Sometimes I wonder, was I a vampire in a past life?

That's a good question.

I don't have the answer. I'm the same way. I'm not scared, I just

don't like it dark. Unless I'm in bed going to sleep. and then I sleep

with the TV on.

The dark can make you feel scared. You don't know what's in it. Also, it can make you feel more sad. I prefer the light because if something is near me I want to see it, and it makes me feel happier.

Maybe that is just the way you feel comfortable

It could be your eyes to

Your eyes could tell your brain that you dont like sitting in the dark

or the oppisite

Its not psychological, its just preference. Or even as simple as what your eyes adjust the best to.

May be a learned behavior or it could be that your mother is sensitive to light, and has not realized it as yet.