For years and years I used to believe that when you fell asleep, you died and that a new you inherited your body and all your memories. I was so scared to go to sleep on Christmas Eve and the night before my birthday because I thought it would actually be the new me who got to experience the day rather than the me that I was that particular day. I'd try to stay awake all night and outsmart the new me so I could experience a longer lifetime than other people and so I wouldn't lose Christmas or my birthday to whoever took over my body.
A childhood belief about sleeping
others believed things like this
- I used to believe reindeer made it rain because for many years it rained on christmas eve night.Anon
- When i was little, I used to send Jesus birthday cards on christmas and thought he would read them in heaven.Anon
- I, to this day, believe that when I can't sleep at night it means I'm awake in someone else's dreams... — Turner
- Up until I was almost 11, I thought that a birthday suit was a special outfit you wore only on your birthdayAnon
- My sister uesd to think that you did a whole year's worth of growing in the night before your birthday.— Richard Davies
- On Christmas Eve all the animals are able to talk but only for that night!Anon