I used to believe that when you were asleep, you were really dead. Every time I heard about something "awaking from the dead", I was like, "so?! I do it every morning!"
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- I used to believe that if you went over a dead end, you would die. — CoyoteBitch
- when i was a kid, i used to think that if i didn't fall asleep, morning wouldn't comeAnon
- I used to think dead people are dangerous. — J.G.
- I used to believe the dead flew up to heaven.— Pierre, a French student in eighth grade
- I used to think that if you walked down a dead end street you would die.— holly