I Used To Believe is a funny and bizarre collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children. It will remind you what it was like to be a child, fascinated and horrified by the world in equal parts. The following pages will reassure you that the things you used to believe weren't so strange after all...
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I used to believe that there was a backwards man that walked the roads at my summer camp. I never wanted to go to the bathroom because I was afraid I would get murdered by the backwards man.
Hannah (from make-believe : ghosts)
As a child I believed that the ratings on TV like Y7 and PG13 meant that it was illegal to watch those shows before you were that old. I spent most of my 7th birthday watching show rated Y7.
Emma (from media : tv)
I used to believe that under my bed was a cave that only monsters could access and as long as I didn't open my eyes or hang over the bed, they would leave me alone. I also thought that there were snakes at the end of my bed (but only at night) and I would go to sleep with my legs tucked up in a fetal position.
Carolyn (from at home : under my bed)
When I was younger I was at a friends house for a sleepover party. Another one of the guests, also my friend was really pale. When we all layed down to sleep my sleeping bag was beside hers. I became convinced that she was a vampire because she was pale and just layed there and didnt go to sleep. EventuallyI had to change places with someone else. We're still friends and I know now she is human.
Aqua (from make-believe : vampires)
When i was little i used to think the creme i oatmeal cream pies were miracles! Because i wounldn't be hungry after i ate them!
Syd (from food : sweeties)
my little brother used to believe that everyone on the t.v lived inside the t.v. he once cried,cried,and cried that dino from the flintstones {the pet dinosaur} would not come out to play.
Anon (from media : tv)
When I was a child I used to believe that doctors wore those face masks incase they threw up.
Nicole (from body functions : being ill)
When I was aroud 3 years Old my family was travelling by car and we saw a big Factory Chimney. I asked what it was and my brother told me that was where the rockets were send to the moon. I Believed that until I was 7 or 8 years old!!
Paulo - Portugal (from science : technology)
The homewares shop IKEA used to have a play area. In this play area was a pen filled with plastic balls and you were supposed to run and jump and 'swim' in between them. I was so scared that when I went under and in between these balls that I would swallow the balls and choke. Hence....I never went in.
ange (from kids : toys)
i used to think that everyones life was onegigantic movie for god with everything in it comedy tradgedy romance everything and i did till i was about 10 years old
randomly insane (from media : being watched)
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