when i was about 6, my older cousin told me that you got a nightmare if you slept facing a wall. i believed him for years...
he also told me that any little spots of light that are on your wall are ghosts and are coming to get you!!!! i believed that for years too...
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- My Grandmother once told me she could unscrew her feet. I believed that for years.— Andy Bettison
- I used to believe that gum was made outta pig fat becuase of what my dad told me. I believed him for years.— Maddy
- My father told me that Spam was a mix of sparrow and ham. I believed this for years lol— Tara the Terror
- my mother told me if i ever swallowed chewing gum i'd turn into a pig, i believed this for many years.— stuart hayward
- My cousin once told me that glass was made from ground up beetles, and I believed her! — benjymous