My sister, she couldn't sleep unless the bedroom door was left open .... *I* dreaded sleep, huddled under the blanket, staring at the black darkness of the stairwell beyond the door, fearful of what might slowly emerge ... (in my mind?)
A childhood belief about sleeping
others believed things like this
- i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex - I thought if I left the door open too long, a dog would come from the cupboard in the washroom and eat me
Anon - My sibs and I thought that the screen door was called the "scream door" so Mom could yell at us through it. — Kyle
- I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower
- I used to believe when I was 5 that I was special because I couldn't get to sleep until 11pm at night — Carrie
- I used to think the Black Country region in the UK was called that because everyone lived in darkness there.— K