When I first learned about the coma, (I was around 3 or 4 at the time,) my friend convinced me that we went into one every night, so when I asked my dad for coffee to keep me from falling asleep, he set me straight.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- when i was a kid, i used to believe i was actually a king who was in a coma dreaming about being a kid.— r
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- I used to think making straight A's in school was literally writing A's straight. Anon
- I believed that the pictures on my nighties came alive at night and played in my room while i was asleep!!Anon
- I was convinced my cat was going to steal my money at night. Anon
- My friend convinced me that if I used a bar of soap to wash my hair instead of shampoo that I would go bald.— Michelle