I used to be completely convinced that the sleep in your eyes was actually what made you go to sleep. So whenever I woke up in the morning and wanted to go to sleep, I made sure I never rubbed the sleep out my eyes so I could get back to sleep.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the sleep in my eyes at the breakfast table were toast crumbs.— crawford
- 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 think when you sleep your eyes turened round to watch performances in your head— rasverone
- when i was small, i thought if i don't sleep then morning wouldn't come..— lily
- 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