When I was little I used to believe that whenever a lightbulb was not on, it turned into an eye which could see me, big brother style... And insisted on turning lights on everywhere I went. I only got to sleep with the light off when I was 13!
A childhood belief about being watched

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you shone a flashlight beam onto a lightbulb long enough, it would eventually light.— Karen K
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- that blackouts were caused by evil monkey's turning off all the lights.— key
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon