When I was younger, I would sleep at my grandmother's house, in the guest bedroom. She told me not to sleep under the window, because of the "terrible draft". For the following few years, I avoided that bed fearing that the "terrible giraffe" would stick his head in and hurt me somehow.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- When I was 5 I was terrible scared of vacuum cleaners, because I thought it can suck me.— ahhhhhhhhh
- i used to think when you sleep your eyes turened round to watch performances in your head— rasverone
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- I knew lightning could come in through my bedroom window and kill me.
— Cyn - I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)