When I was little I was afraid of ghosts and would sleep every night with my arms and legs out so the ghosts wouldn't have any room to sleep on my bed.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that towels were sleeping ghosts, and at night they would come out and get you— bajd
- I used to think that there were ghosts in the loft and that's why I was not allowed to go up there.Anon
- When I was child I used to believe that people who die become ghosts and could see youAnon
- I used to think that ghosts rode on vaccum cleanersAnon
- when I was about 7 I thought that aliens hid under my bed. I wouldn'd sleep in my bed for a whole year!— *Rachel*
- when i was small, i thought if i don't sleep then morning wouldn't come..— lily