I would always put books, magazines, VHSes and DVDs front cover-down because I believed the characters on the front cover would watch what I was doing and judge me.
A childhood belief about being watched

others believed things like this
- I used to believe, the little round bandaids, were to cover bullett holes.Anon
- I used to believe when a radio anouncement for a club said "No Cover" that meant No Clothes.— Aaron
- I used to think that jewish men wore "kippots" or "yarmulkes" to cover their bald spots..— Charlotte
- I was told that if one doesn't cover their mouth when yawning that their soul would escape.Anon
- I use to cover my head at night because I thought monsters would give me a bad hair cut while I was sleeping!— Amy
- I believed that fairies lived in lamp posts - their front doors were the little holes where the key fits.— Janice