Once when I was like in second grade, our teacher told the class that without the sun there would be no life on the planet. Because of this I believed that sleeping at night was really dying because the sun was out and then coming back to life when the sun came up.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe my dolls would come to life at night and have a party while i was sleeping. — phil(:
- I used to believe that a life sentece was for when you stay in jail for your whole entire life.— Sara
- I used to believe that my life was a video game with only 1 life and that God was playing it. — Rina
- I used to believe that all my stuffed animals would come to life at night.— Carrie
- I used to believe that if you died you could have 'an operation' to bring you back to life. — Mikey
- I used to think that if a fly didn't bleed when it was swatted, it would come back to life.Anon