I used to believe in the sandman - if I woke up in the middle of the night and wiped the "sand" from my eyes I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you could only play a record once, and after that all the sound was wiped off.Anon
- I used to think that the sleep in my eyes at the breakfast table were toast crumbs.— crawford
- when I was about 7 I thought that aliens hid under my bed. I wouldn'd sleep in my bed for a whole year!— *Rachel*
- when i was small, i thought if i don't sleep then morning wouldn't come..— lily
- i used to think when you sleep your eyes turened round to watch performances in your head— rasverone
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon