I used to be have a cat called 'Dusky' that would always come into my bed and annoy me by trying to rub against my face while I was trying to sleep. I used to hate that cat so much I ended up having nightmares about it and had really bad sleeps because of it. In my dreams I believed it was a demon cat that was trying to kill me by lack of sleep.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- 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 when I went to sleep, my Barbie dolls would make out and plot to kill me.— ClaireRat
- When I was 10, I thought that nausea was called Lack-O-Candy Disease. My mom made it up— Teddybearhaha
- I'm deaf in one ear. Until I was 7 I believed that if I didn't sleep on my good ear, dinosaurs would eat me.Anon
- I used to believed that when I went to sleep my heart took a rest too, and didn't pump at all while I slept.— Lara
- I thought the song Shattered Dreams was acutaly "Shadow Dreams" and wondered what shadow dreams were— Golgademon