I used to think that there were monsters hiding everywhere in my room and that they were always planning to eat me, so I had to trick them before I left my room by saying out loud that I was going to be in my room for a while, so that they would think that there was no hurry to catch me and eat me. Then, I would run for my door as fast as I possibly could.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when we left a room the TV set started to speak about other things — Nur
- I used to turn the TV off when I left the room so I didn't miss anything.— S.Lee
- when i was little i thought every time i left the room my parents turned into aliensAnon
- I used to believe Jesus cleaned my room.— Angelina
- I used to think that the upper struture on the caboose was the rest room.Anon
- I used to believe the living room furniture would party after we all went to sleep.— Ellen