When I was little, I always had to have a nightlight on in my room. My parents thought I was just afraid of the dark, but I always had to correct them. It wasn't the DARK I was scared of, it was the SHAPES that moved in the dark, so I had to sleep with the nightlight on so the shapes would go away when they got near the light.
It wasn't until I was older that I realized with the light OFF, there weren't any shapes at all. I still can't sleep with any light on.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- If i farted in the tub the bubbles would be different shapes.Anon
- i believed that if you farted too much in a room and you were to light a flame your house would blow up— the nuclear fart
- When i was a kid, i thought that the tv changed channels by dark magic.— Anna
- my best friend was so pale i thought she could glow in the dark— tattiebird
- Dark brown Smarties were poisonous.Anon
- I used to believe if you read a book in the dark, you would go blind.— Ellen