When I got into bed at night and closed my eyes I used to think if I opened them more than three times I would have a nightmare.
I got very bored with squeezing my eyes shut everynight I just used to ignore it. It's perhaps why I have bad eyes now. :)
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- my mum used to say if i lied my eyes would change colour...when i lied i would shut my eyes— kevin rosenqvist
- I used to believe that if I opened my eyes too much, they could pop outAnon
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- 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
- I used to believe that when I closed my eyes, nobody could see me. — Jens