I used to believe that lightning at night was God's way of telling me to go to sleep.
A childhood belief about thunder and lightning

others believed things like this
- 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 electricity came from lightning.Anon
- I used to believe that people could fly during thunder and lightning, because I dreamt this once— Minimania
- I knew lightning could come in through my bedroom window and kill me.
— Cyn