When I was a child, my best friend at the time convinced me that if I weren't a Catholic when I died, I'd come back as a fiery monster and kill everyone I loved. This _really_ upset me, crying and everything... but it didn't convert me, thankfully.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- When the Queen Mother died when I was quite upset because I thought royalty did not die.— Carrie
- When I was little I believed that a night a monster will came and kill me.❤️🥺— @natalia_rd_
- When I was a child I used to believe stars were the dead people who we loved— Anaïs
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- When I was a child my mom told me that when it rained it was because the baby Jesus was crying.— Tatiana