When i was younger i watched an episode of the x-files where the guy fell asleep and when he woke up he was in some hospital with no arms or legs. So i thought if i didnt cover my my arms and legs completly with my quilt at night the same thing would happen to me.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- I used to beleive that all pains were headaches. So for example, I had headaches in my stomach, legs and arms.— James
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- We used to think that if you ran swinging your arms around, you would run faster. — Christine
- I once thought that snakes had legs like a centipede.Anon
- that if I flapped my arms hard enough, I could get airborne.— DeQuendre