Irrational fear

J had a rough night, which means that the rest of us had a rough night. Sigh...he gets into these times of irrational fear. You can talk to him, pray with him, recite Scripture with him and most of the times all that works but there are those times when nothing works. He has these crazy fears that you cannot speak to. He hangs on to them. I guess they were part of his life for so long that he just can't let them go. When he got up and got dressed this morning the only thing he could tell me was that he was afraid of the window in his room because it had a "dark spot". Hello?? When it's dark outside there are dark spots on the window. In fact, if you look out the window it's all dark. Sigh...we're working on it.