I used to believe that at night, witches, goblins and other monsters were watching me sleep and if I didn't stay in bed and go to sleep, they would kill me.
A childhood belief about witches

others believed things like this
- 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
- I used to believe that when I went to sleep, my Barbie dolls would make out and plot to kill me.— ClaireRat
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon
- I used to believe when I was 5 that I was special because I couldn't get to sleep until 11pm at night — Carrie
- I, to this day, believe that when I can't sleep at night it means I'm awake in someone else's dreams... — Turner
- I used to believe that if you didn't go to sleep, the sun would never come up.— terri