I used to think that when you went to sleep, that was considered death. So, my friends would come over, and I'd say that I couldn't play, because my parents were dead.
A childhood belief about sleeping
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that my toys would wake up when I went to sleep, and would play by themselves.Anon
- I still belive that when a I sleep, my toys would have a party and play with each other until dawn.— Meah
- I used to believe that I couldn't pass by the cemetery at night because the dead people would wake up.— Marcos Carvalho
- I used to believe when I was 5 that I was special because I couldn't get to sleep until 11pm at night — Carrie
- My parents told me that Jesus visited Santa Claus when he was dead for three days. — Rick Hamell
- My parents used to have an old radio. I thought it could only play old songs, like from when they were young.— kathy