I used to believe that when I slept, if my ears and nose weren't covered that a spider would crawl into my brain and mess with my brain and kill me. To this day I still can't sleep without my ears and nose being covered, but I'm not that scared of spiders.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I used to believe if i covered my ears before I farted no one else would hear it.— Lime
- My sister used to believe if you stuck a Q-Tip in one of her ears her brain would pop out the other ear. — Mr.McMelon
- I used to think that putting batteries in your ears could electrocute your brain. Hahahaha.Anon
- i used to believe that if you picked
your nose your brain would cave in...— mr bogtrotter - when i was little my mum used to tell me if i picked my nose too much my brain would fall out!!! think it did— Maz
- my mom told not to pick my nose because if i fell i would poke my brain.— brent