I used to believe that, when I slept at night, bugs would crawl into my ears and stay there. It was such a strong phobia that I could not sleep without cotton balls in my ears. I am mostly over it but every now and then I need the cotton balls to feel safe enough to sleep.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the clouds were made of cotton balls— Jeannie
- i used to beleive cotton balls were marshmellows— carly
- I thought planes collected clouds to make cotton balls.— Eddie
- I used to believe that my dad use to find magic balls behind my ears and catch them in a paper bag.— Netty
- i used to believe cotton candy was real cotton after going to chuckie cheese and my brother told me— jennifer
- I used to think that cotton candy was made from actual cotton so I never wanted to try itAnon