When I was home alone my protection from monsters and ghosts was to stay on my couch or bed with no part of me touching the floor or walls...and my bed had to be in a position where I could see all of my room...it seems to have worked ;)
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- If you pulled a face, and the clock struck on the hour, your face would stay in that position.— Jo V...NL
- I used to believe hat the news readers could see into my living room so i sed to undress behind the couch.— henri
- I used to believe that the people that worked in stores slept right there on the floor and lived there. Anon
- I thought pretending I was sick to stay home from school was called cookie not hookie.— Jen
- I used to beleive in stores that were open 24/7 , that the people that worked there worked 24/7 nonstop.Anon
- I used to belive that employees who worked at 24/7 shops lived there and never slept!(they worked 24/7)— tilly Waukesha WI