I used to believe that when people died, they weren't really gone, that their spirits used to come back and either haunt you or help you -- depending on how you treated them when they were alive and if you were a good friend or not). Another thing I used to believe is that I had the sixth sense.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- I used to think that when people died, their whole bodies were taken up to heaven, not just their spirits.— Karrie
- I used to believe that when someone died thaey'd haunt me!(when I was 3)— Beefy
- I used to believe that if you talk bad about someone who died then they come and haunt you. — Angel
- I used to believe toys came alive at night.
Because I love toys, and I hoped be good friend with my toys.Anon - I used to believe that if you weren't good, the Trix Rabbit would steal your yogurt.— Kyle
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy