As a child I was a affaid of the dark. I was just getting over my fear when a teacher said she used to believe there was a mad axa man under her bed - always. This really scared the hell outta me and it took me years to get over that comment.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that gum was made outta pig fat becuase of what my dad told me. I believed him for years.— Maddy
- When I was a child, I had a fear of bagels. I thought they were stale doughnuts.Anon
- I was told as a child to eat the dark parts of a banana, because it was really brown sugar.Anon
- I was sad for many years because my aunt once told me I would go to hell for farting in church!— Tara
- I thought the lyrics to "Don't fear the reaper" were "Don't fear the reefer"— who new?
- I used to believe that if you said hell 50 times you went to hell— a big boff