When I was little I couldn't let my back face the room in bed because I thought that the skeletons underneath my bed would poke my bottom with needles. Even at 14 I can't sleep with my back facing the room (not for that reason)
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I really believed, underneath her hair, my mom had an eye in the back of her head.— Jessica
- I used to believe that the "Employees Only" room in the back of the store was where the employees lived. — KewlKid
- I used to believe that when you had cancer, your bottom would be in front instead of in back. Anon
- I used to believe the living room furniture would party after we all went to sleep.— Ellen
- I used to only sleep on my back because I thought I would break my ribs if I slept on my stomach.— Molly
- i used to believe that when you went to sleep you died and then came back to life in the morning— soph