When I was 6 or 7, I used to think that time sped up when I was asleep. I didn't like bedtime, but I though that the sooner I went to sleep, the sooner I could get up again.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the more you talked, the sooner you would die. Needless to say, I was a quiet kid.— Lisa
- i used to beleive that everyone in the world went to sleep at 8:00pm (my bedtime)— yvette yasui
- I used to believe the voice sped up at the end of ads was really just the world's fastest talker.Anon
- when i was a kid, i used to think that if i didn't fall asleep, morning wouldn't comeAnon
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep lying on my front that my boobs wouldn't grow. And they didn't.— Booey
- I used to believe that if you didn't go to sleep, the sun would never come up.— terri