I used to think there were monsters in my bedroom. My wall was painted two colors at the time; white a little less than halfway up and pink below. As a way to reassure me that there were no monsters, my parents told me that the person at Lowes mixed in a special "Monster-Proof Fourmula" into the pink paint, and as long as I stayed below the white paint, I'd be safe.
I think this may have also been a way to stop me from getting up at night.
They still keep this up with my little sisters.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I thought that clouds were made by someone spraying white spray paint onto air.— Hadla
- I thought that the jetstream from planes was white paint. Which was constantly poured out from the plane.— Tore
- I used to believe that when I got old my red hair would turn pink before it went white.Anon
- I used to believe that if you mixed red, blue, green, and yellow paint you'd get plaid!— Judith Ann
- i knew that if you ate beets your urine would turn pink and i thought if it was pink, then you could drink it.— JP
- i used to believe if i went to sleep monsters would get my family, so i thought i stayed up all the time— Luc Lemmel