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[MetalSlimeHunt]

I got over it by repeated exposure. No matter how dark the room you are in is, you will probably have enough reflected light that your night vision will eventually pick up on it. Even with no light sources, I can see my whole room in pseudo-black and white after about 15 minutes of sitting in total darkness.

[Shakerag]

I used to be terrified of the dark as well.  Lights on, TV on, nightlights, etc. 

Oddly enough (or perhaps not) the thing that got me over it for the most part is just overwhelming apathy toward life in general.  So now when I wander around my apartment at night, in near total darkness, I think to myself that if something is there waiting to attack me or something to hurry up and do it already and put me out of my misery or stay out of the way so I can go pee. 

So far I've only been attacked by the odd corner or doorframe. 

[Nightscar982]

I used to have a minor fear of the dark, but nothing horrible or the like. I used to watch the shapes flit across my vision in the dark, and often they would scare me.

For some reason, they don't tend to appear across my vision anymore, but then again, I tend to see my room pretty well after ten minutes or so in the dark, from light seeping in through the cracks in the curtain and under the door.

As said before, other people/animate objects in the room with you would provide a source of sensory input, wouldn't they? With all their moving and breathing, that might help. Of course, getting something in the room with you may be a problem...

[Leatra]

The best way to overcome your phobias is by forcing yourself to overcome it. I'll quote a post from another phobia thread.

I had this friend who was terrified of spiders. One time we (four teenage guys) were staying in a hotel room together. There was a spider in the
washroom, so we barricaded him in there until he killed it.

He is no longer scared of spiders. Interpret this however you want.

Yeah, extreme but it works. I have a friend who is scared of dogs. I force him to pet dogs when they keep following us. I can't just shut him in a room with full of dogs but he seems to be getting used to dogs this way. He called me and told me that a dog he played with once escorted him to his house so it must be working.