I once watched this show where they put hidden cameras around the house to see if someone was breaking the law as reported by next door neighbors. They placed their cameras inside a "blinking" alarm clock.
Everytime I see a VCR with a "blinking" 12:00, I would instantly think that someone is watching me, so I would always cover it up with something, so that they couldn't see me.
A childhood belief about being watched

others believed things like this
- I don't know why, but for some reason I thought that blinking your eyes powered your speech.Anon
- I used to believe that my mom had surveillance cameras everywhere I went and could always see what I was doing— Mikhail
- i used to think next door neighbors were "next store neighbors"Anon
- When I was little, I thought there were tiny cameras everywhere and they belonged to the government.— Brooke
- I used to believe there was a secret door to the gremlin world hidden under my bed— Mel
- i used to believe that my brain worked like the inside of a clock. How the wheels cranked and turned.— Becky