My Dad hat trouble getting me and my bigger brother to sleep.. so one night he told us that Mr scissors and Mr Hammer would come and kill us if we wernt sleeping after 5 minutes of being in bed...
Well.. Needless to say, I slept...
I found out it wasnt true when i was ill and couldnt sleep the whole night... i was so scared...
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon
- I used to believe when I was 5 that I was special because I couldn't get to sleep until 11pm at night — Carrie
- I, to this day, believe that when I can't sleep at night it means I'm awake in someone else's dreams... — Turner
- I used to only sleep on my back because I thought I would break my ribs if I slept on my stomach.— Molly
- I used to believed that when I went to sleep my heart took a rest too, and didn't pump at all while I slept.— Lara