When I was very small I thought that people only died when they were very old and then in their sleep. I'd stay overnight at my grandmother's house in the bed where she and my grandfather used to sleep, and I used to lie awake all night imagining her waking up and trying to revive him (in the place where I lay, too). Only years later did I understand that my grandfather had been sick and died in a hospital (two years before I was born).
A childhood belief about people
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 you went to sleep you died and then came back to life in the morning— soph
- I used to belive that the New Years ball exploded, and people who were near it died.— Angela
- When I was small my Grandfather told me that the reason I had freckles was from throwing pebbles in the sewer!— All Grown Up Now!
- I used to believe people really died in movies. I didnt understand they were just acting.— Justin
- I used to think that when you died, you would be awake trapped in your coffin rotting for all eternity!— Trapped in the Coffin