When i was a very small child, for some reason i had no idea that people closed their eyes when they fell asleep, though i knew that you coulnd't see. (I was a strange kid.) If i went to sleep in the living room, i would press my face against the back of the couch so that i couldn't see in order to get to sleep.
A childhood belief about sleeping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the living room furniture would party after we all went to sleep.— Ellen
- I used to think that if I closed my eyes other people couldn't see me.Anon
- I used to believe hat the news readers could see into my living room so i sed to undress behind the couch.— henri
- when i was small, i thought if i don't sleep then morning wouldn't come..— lily
- I used to think that blind people always had their eyes closed.Anon
- I used to think that the sleep in my eyes at the breakfast table were toast crumbs.— crawford