I used to believe that someone was watching me while I was sleeping, that's why I used to sleep early with the lights on.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- 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 believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- when i was about 5 or 6 i thought sombody was watching me on t.v like i was watching them. — leigha
- i used to think that when a fish floated to the top it was sleeping.— Kriket Evens
- I belived that santa came every night to se if i was sleeping— david