When I was younger my sister had me convinced that every night before going to bed I had to walk aroubd ny bed three times or I wouldn't wake up in the morning. That I would sleep forever. I quickly found out this was not true.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- when i was small, i thought if i don't sleep then morning wouldn't come..— lily
- I thought that the "don't walk" sign at crosswalks meant to run across the street as quickly as possible!— richard
- I thought that life is a dream and when you die you wake up (maybe it's true who knows?)— Naos
- I used to believe that my toys would wake up when I went to sleep, and would play by themselves.Anon
- I was convinced that thunder and lightning could wake up volcanos.— leticia
- i used to believe that when you went to sleep you died and then came back to life in the morning— soph