I used to believe that after my mom had put me to bed at night she and the rest of my family would just up and leave never to be seen again. I could always hear them talking but I thought they had made a tape recording of their voices to trick me.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- I used to tape my mouth shut at night in case a spider would come along and make a web in my belly.Anon
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!
- I thought the Til Tuesday song said "Books are scary!", rather than "Voices Carry"Anon
- At night I would hear the chirping crickets and thinking it was comeing from the stars in the sky!— delana
- i used to believe that the voices in my head are actual human beings.Anon