I used to think you absolutely HAD to have your eyes CLOSED for a full three hours before you could fall asleep. So I'd lie in bed and since I thought I couldn't open my eyes, they naturally started itching and such, but I wouldn't let myself open them. It was really tormenting. Finally I'd give in and open my eyes, then I'd freak out because now I had to hold my eyes closed for 3 hours again, and I thought I'd never get to sleep, and I'd end up running to my parents crying because I would never fall asleep.
A childhood belief about sleeping
others believed things like this
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- I used to think that if I closed my eyes other people couldn't see me.Anon
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy
- I used to believe that if you sneezed with your eyes open you would die!— Becky
- I used to believe that newborn babies didnt open their eyes for a few weeks like kittens :) — Cash
- I used to believe that when I closed my eyes, nobody could see me. — Jens