You know when you wake up from a sudden jerk, that causes your body to jump? Well I used to believe that those were monsters under my bed, that used to poke me. Only to keep me up all night, so I don't sleep.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- When I was little my dad told me that monsters jump out from spotlights and I belived it...— Cassie
- I used to believe that my toys would wake up when I went to sleep, and would play by themselves.Anon
- 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 beleve when i was 4 that the flush on the toilet was to wake up toilet monsters.— Millie
- i used to believe if i went to sleep monsters would get my family, so i thought i stayed up all the time— Luc Lemmel
- I used to believe that I couldn't pass by the cemetery at night because the dead people would wake up.— Marcos Carvalho