To overcome your fear you should find the source of it!, in your case, it sounds like your father is the reason you are like this, so imo, He's the fear you need to overcome in order to make it easier to conquer all other fears life gives you mate.
It's all about confidence, conquer your fears - and you can can conquer anything really. Ask Alexander the Great :wub:
*** This is what i used to do and it works pretty good. Say you have a situation where you know you are going to have to go into the dark or what not. Close one of your eyes or cover it for say 15 mins then go into that dark area opening that eye. You WILL be able to see 1000 times better.
oh my... i feel so sorry for ya dawg, i'm also afraid of the dark, but not as much as you. i fear GHOSTS the MOST and sharks/giant sea predators second >.<