I thought that there were monsters (Particularly Freddy Kruegar) hiding under any object that I would sit on just waiting to grab me. I stay still for hours fearing that if I moved they would kill me. When I couldn't stand sitting still any longer I would jump as fast and as far as I could off the couch or bed and run to where ever I could to feel safe.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that every friday night Freddy Kruger was under my bed and he was going to kill me— c
- When I was younger I used to believe that when I hit an object they would feel pain like they were living.— Alice
- When I was little my dad told me that monsters jump out from spotlights and I belived it...— Cassie
- I used to think that if I was swinging on a swing fast enough, I could jump off it and start flying.— Nick
- My mom would tell me to stay off the railroad tracks because the trains were silent and super fast.— Roger
- I used to believe that serial killers would jump out of cereal boxes and kill me...— Amanda