when i was very small, i would always go to my mom in the middle of the night if i couldn't fall back asleep. she would always wake up very easily, due to being a light sleeper. her waking up so easily caused me to believe adults didn't sleep at all
A childhood belief about sleeping
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I couldn't pass by the cemetery at night because the dead people would wake up.— Marcos Carvalho
- when i was a kid, i used to think that if i didn't fall asleep, morning wouldn't comeAnon
- I used to think that adults drank coffee because the bad taste would wake them up.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 used to believe that if I fell asleep in the bathtub I would wake up in the sea.— Brenda
- I thought if you trip and fall down you fall at the speed of light!— Dietrich Corby