I used to believe that if I rocked myself to sleep I wouldn't feel earthquakes, and if I couldn't feel them then I couldn't be hurt by them. I may have figured out this wasn't the case, but I still rock myself to sleep!
A childhood belief about disasters

others believed things like this
- I thought Rock and Roll were 2 musicians, with one who rocked and one who rolled.Anon
- I used to believe when I was 5 that I was special because I couldn't get to sleep until 11pm at night — Carrie
- when I was about 7 I thought that aliens hid under my bed. I wouldn'd sleep in my bed for a whole year!— *Rachel*
- when i was small, i thought if i don't sleep then morning wouldn't come..— lily
- When I was a year old, I believed if I hid my face, my mother couldn't see me because I couldn't see her.— kimberly dianne(:
- I used to think that you could feel the world spinning.Anon