i used to believe that after you rub the sleep out of your eye it will jump back in. so when i woke up in the mornings i would make sure i got the sleep on my fingers and open our front door and flick it outside, that way i figured it couldnt find me
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that when you went to sleep you died and then came back to life in the morning— soph
- I used to believe that when I went to sleep, my Barbie dolls would make out and plot to kill me.— ClaireRat
- 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
- I used to only sleep on my back because I thought I would break my ribs if I slept on my stomach.— Molly
- I used to believe that monsters couldnt find me or hurt me if my whole body where under my blanket— Scared shitless
- i used to think that biting my nails would make my fingers fall off! ;)— Cassandra