When my brother was 8 years old, he saw a horror movie, with a man with red eyes that stole the mind of others and leaved their brains smooth.
From that moment, for the next 3-4 years, he couldn't sleep or stay at night with the light off.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- I didn't mind eating lambs brains when I was a kid because I thought it would make me smart.Anon
- I used to believe when I was 5 that I was special because I couldn't get to sleep until 11pm at night — Carrie
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- My Mum told me if I ate too much toast I would get cancer! I couldn't eat it for years and years...— Pauliboy
- I used to believe that people's brains differed in colours. I always wanted purple brains for some reason.— Katrina
- My brother that is 6 years younger than me used to believe that in seven years he would be older than me.Anon