i used to think that when you went to sleep you stoped breathing so when i was trying to get to sleep id hold my breath abd think it would help me get to sleep faster.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj
- I used to believe that the only way to get to the next day was to go to sleep.— C.C.
- When I was little, I used to believe that I could fly in my sleep Anon
- I used to believe that if you didn't go to sleep, the sun would never come up.— terri
- I used to think that my dog was the "BOOGIE MONSER" because he would always go and sleep under my bed!— ChristieGirl
- when i was little my mom used to tell me if you eat food before you go to sleep you will have nighmares— michelle