when my mum used to put me to bed she'd also tidy my room, closing drawers and wardrobe doors, I used to think the reason for this was to stop any monsters escaping and getting me,
I made my twin sister sleep in the bed next to the door so if any monster came in they'd get her first and i could run away (of course i never told her this)
even now if i'm in bed and i've left the wardrobe open I have to get up and close it, i think my husband leaves them open on purpose to laugh at me.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex - I thought if I left the door open too long, a dog would come from the cupboard in the washroom and eat me
Anon - I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower
- i used to believe that my father always told us to close the doors to keep the giraffes out ... terrifying— lee
- I used to think if I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G
- I believed that leaves on trees only became individual when you you close to them, and then I got glasses.— nola