When i was little my friend told me that there were always burgulars in your house every night. She said that if you were asleep the burgulars would leave you alone, but if you were awake they would kill you. So if I ever woke up in the middle of the night I would never open my eyes so the burgulars thought I was asleep
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- I used to think that burgulars used to kill people if they ate burgers — angel
- I believed that the pictures on my nighties came alive at night and played in my room while i was asleep!!Anon
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- I, to this day, believe that when I can't sleep at night it means I'm awake in someone else's dreams... — Turner
- When I was little I believed that a night a monster will came and kill me.❤️🥺— @natalia_rd_
- i used to believe that every friday night Freddy Kruger was under my bed and he was going to kill me— c