I always hated turning off the lights before I went upstairs. I imagined things coming out of the dark behind me, coming to get me. Needless to say, I always sprinted up the stairs so they couldn't get me. I am 26 years old, I know there is nothing behind me, but I still sprint up the stairs at night after I turn the lights out.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- I would turn the lights off and then leg it up the stairs thinking a monster would be chasing me.Anon
- 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 about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda
- I used to believe that moths circled lights at night trying to find a way out of the world!— Diane D.