So what do you do when you're scared?

[Gizoku]

Like tonight, ah, this fine night [/heavy sarcasm]
Anyways like the question says, how do you cope when you're scared and alone/everyone's sleeping?
>.> Don't say you don't get scared, everyone gets scared once in a while.
I usually just come on AF and read conversations in threads to calm my nerves, just go straight to bed (after watching a scary movie) xD, or kinda surf channels.
Interpret the word "Scare" anyway you want.

[sunnyside]

Arm myself. Usually when I'm scared it's for a reason. Such as something big moving around in the woods. (Stray dogs are a lot less of a problem once you've got a pitchfork or axe).

I guess more broadly if I'm scared I try to resolve whatever the situation is that's making me scared.

[Alycursed]

This happens a lot.
I'm always the last to fall asleep.
Like right now.
D:

Well, I log into Animeforum Chat a few times when this happens just to talk to people.
It makes it seem less scary, and I forget about it.
Another thing is myspace.
I just find a way to talk to others so it doesn't feel as if you're alone.
o:

[loveyourfate]

Basically I just sit down and think about why I'm scared, and wonder if my reasons for being scared are just. If I'm still scared after that, I watch anime or go to sleep.

[lovelicious]

I can't sleep when I'm scared, so usually I google some funny pics and jokes, reading manga or talking to others.

[yeng23]

_actually, i'm not a scardy cat that when you saw somthing scary you're already shaking to death..

_i'm not like that..

_but all of us people have a scary thingy..

_but all i have to do is when i'm scared, i just pray and fight your weakness or disturbiance..

_and all i have to think is how to be not scary of that thing..

[inOue]

i'd entertain myself.. listen to music and sing.. read something or just shut my eyes 'til i fall asleep..

[SSDynamite]

Listen to music. It usually calms me and boosts my confidence.
But I don't usually get scared.

[mrak]

Sweat. And shiver. When I finally realize I won't fall asleep I take the laptop and surf the Internet.

[FierceFeli.]

I work like this:
-Someone scares me.
-I screram.
-I aim.
-I hit.
-I say sorry.

Or i Shiver, cant breathe, get a stomachache or almost throw up. yeah I throw up when Im scared! funny eh? -_- And when I'm dead scared I pass out for like 5 seconds. Only happens in hospitals >_____<!!

And when I am scared and alone I call my boyfriend or play videogames >:

[rikumi]

I don't do anything particular when I'm scared. I talk rapidly to my brain nerves when I'm outside and I play my piano when I'm at home.

[Souji Seta]

When I'm scared I usually arm myself with whatever weapon I can find. It could be a baseball bat, a survival knife or a gun (I don't have one, my dad does). Well, thats only if I hear suspicious noises. When I watch a scary movie, I just watch a hilarious anime afterwards, calms me down.
I'm not that of scaredy cat and may be considered brave but as the OP said, everyone gets scared sometimes.

[Eris]

I can't remember that happening, well, not since I was like 8.

[Amarhyllis]

Me? Well I cry. I'm such a crybaby.

[dream magician]

I get paranoid, then turn on all the lights(in my room0, then just pray....and read to calm myself..

[Memento Mori]

I'm having bad experiences with those shock videos. The ones where they're nice and peaceful, and then BAM. Scary picture and scary scream. They scare me.

I turn on the TV to CNN or something when I'm scared.

Play the Doors, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, etc. Loud.

Then I normally clean my room. Weird, but I do.

[Bring Me The Horizon]

i twiddle my thumbs and close my eyes flip through tv channels

[Fuu Kasumi]

I usually wash the dishes or clean the stove when I'm scared. I also turn on some music to calm me.

[Yuuki Kurosu]

When I am scared, I call up my brother Sammy. ^.^
When I can't call him, I try to not think about why I am scared.

[Palindrome]

Curl up in a ball and shake. It helps if there's somewhere small I can crawl into, like a closet.

[Anime Forum]

When I am scared I usually go and get my Pachirisu doll. Other than that I like to think of other things and try and forget what I am scared about.

[Lady Edani]

i run around in the room, freaking out.

[Kawairashii hikari]

When I get scared I go downstairs. The safest place to go in my opinion, and when I go down there I either just go on the computer and try to chill out, or lay down on the couch and go to sleep. And this depends if I'm alone in the house or not, if I'm alone I'll do this. If I'm in the house with my parents I'm hardly ever scared.

[-Kitsune-]

I either arm myself with one of my daggers and hide in my room OR find something else to draw my attention away from whatever I'm scared of.

[SigmaSD]

The only things I'm afraid of is spiders/tarantulas, and being alone in the dark. Usually I stay away from spiders so I won't get freaked out. Whenever I'm alone in the dark, I get paranoid, as if someone is chasing me. To cope with this, I try to turn on as many lights as I can, and slowly make my way to my destination (example: the fridge). Then I start turning off the lights one by one until I reach my room.