My mother used to tell us this rhyme: "Fat and Skinny were lying in the bed. Fat rolled over, and Skinyy was dead."
Because I was thin, this terrified me. When our cousins would sleep over, some would sleep on the floor, and some would sleep in the bed. I was always afraid to sleep when my cousins slept over because I knew for sure because they were bigger, that it was not safe.
A childhood belief about appearance
others believed things like this
- 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 believed that when I went to sleep my heart took a rest too, and didn't pump at all while I slept.— Lara
- I used to believe that my mother didn't sleep and that she was a super hero!— AntoineBoom
- I used to believe that the only way to get to the next day was to go to sleep.— C.C.
- When I was little, I used to believe that I could fly in my sleep Anon
- I used to believe that if you didn't go to sleep, the sun would never come up.— terri