I used to believe the cracks in the ceiling were out to get you and that if you kept really still and didn't make a sound, they wouldn't be able to find you. I often fell asleep beneath the covers holding my breath when I was little because of this.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep lying on my front that my boobs wouldn't grow. And they didn't.— Booey
- when i was a kid, i used to think that if i didn't fall asleep, morning wouldn't comeAnon
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj
- i used to think when i fell asleep spiders would capture me and eat me.— SPIDERMAN
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep in the bathtub I would wake up in the sea.— Brenda
- My brother used to believe that ceiling fans were helicopters flipped upsidedown and stuck in the ceiling.— Seven