About 4 years ago, I watched a freaky movie about small creatures that sucked the air out of you while you were sleeping. They stood on your chests, took deep breaths, and boom, you're dead.
I was so mortified that for the following year, I never slept on my back, face up.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- Since my father had a deep cleft in his chin, I thought he was growing a tiny buttocks out of his face.— Rick
- My dad once told me when i was about 7 or 8 that if i watched too much t.v., i would be sucked into the tv.Anon
- when i was little i believed that when we watched a movie people had to act the movie all over a gen.
— Emmer - As a small child I always confused someone being unconcious with someone being dead.— Rick
- I thought everyone only had a set number of breaths before they died.
I breathed slowly for a long time.Anon - I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la