When i was 4 up untill i was 8-9, i was convinced i was a princess. I would call all my fellow classmates my " peasants" and i would insist they let me be first at things or kiss my rings. My teachers all saved letters and pictures and stories i wrote , includeing actual assignments about what you would be when you grew up,all stateing i was a princess and would be a queen when i grew up. My mom has a huge stack of those kind of papers to show my kids when they get older :-) The really surprising thing about it is that i dont remember being so pushy and confident. Infact, i honestly can say i dont even remember believeing i was a princess so earnestly. It makes me kind of sad. Like i lost something that was a big part of myself. All i have now are page after page os outrageous claims of gradure and royalty and stories my friends remember from grade school .

Jane

I believed that the world, and most of the other people are part of an alien construction designed to test me. If I pass the test, then I get to be taken to the 'real world'. I guess I haven't passed the test yet!

Chris

When I was about 8 years old, I convinced myself I was secretly the adopted child. The reason? My brother and sister both had names that began with the letter D. Mine began with the letter A.

aithne

I used to think when my dad took me places all the buildings we passed were props made out of cardboard apart from the place we went to.The place we went to would have been built by my dad and his friends the day before (of course). I also believed that all the people we met on these days out were my dads friends and they were all acting a part in this and pretending they didnt know my dad and were in disguises. I never thought this with my mum.Must have been a trust issue.

Girl from england

I used to believe that when I went to sleep at night, the whole world was erased, and then when I woke up it was "redrawn" as if in a cartoon all around me...they were always ahead of me making the world as I went.

Larry

I used to believe that my life was a video game with only 1 life and that God was playing it.

Rina

i used to believe the weather depended on me ...
when i was really good, it was very sunny, or snowed if it was winter.

when i was really bad, it would rain

when i was angry, there would be thunder and lightning

when i was scared, there would be fog (dont ask)

Scott

I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.

Big J

when I was about four or five, i believed I was a fairy, because of this i thought i could fly, I tested it out by jumping down the stairs.

That really hurt.

I figured I coudn't use my powers for my own gain and dedicated my life to saving my mum from opening doors!

I hated doors because i thought they would bite my bum. EG, don't let the door bite you on the way out.

sugar bitten bum fairy

my dad usued to tell me to be carefull because if i hit my head on something to hard and my head were to crack open ants would spill out

dan w

From the age of 4-8 I used to believe I was a cat trapped in a girls body. I would have my Mother draw whiskers on me with eyeliner and I would put on a tail and drink milk from a bowl on the floor. I would say "No, I really am a cat! I was supposed to be born a cat."

Jayme

When I was little and my mom would take me to the store I would walk with my feet turned in when she wasn't looking because I thought if people thought that I was a crippled child they would give me money.

Ryan

when i was younger, i was CONVINCED that i had a twin sister who went with me everywhere. i always talked to my older brother about this, and one day he "told on me" & told my mom that i was lying about having a twin sister. when she asked me what her name was, i said Bridget. its funny how that became my confirmation name back in 8th grade..

kerry-ohio

When I was younger I used to think I was raised by Ewoks.

Travis

When I was barely able to communicate (probably about 3), my sister convinced me that if I ate one of my mom's houseplants I would turn into a koala. Nothing happened. Which I guess is good, since I didn't die or get poisoned. Not too many days or weeks (or maybe months since I didn't have much notion of time back then), she convinced me that if I ate wood I'd a beaver. We still have furniture with gnaw marks.

Melissa

i used to believe that i was from a parallel universe and everything around me was in my imagination. Somewhere in another world I was in a coma, making up my entire life. Dreams were memories from before i came here. When i got sick it was because sorcerors in the "real" world were trying to wake me up.

i was pretty weird

Skye

I used to believe that my house was under constant surveillance by the government and that the mirrors, TV screen, Computer Screen, and Windows were all two-way mirrors (like on cop shows), so I'd always pretend to do normal stuff around the mirrors like read a newspaper, listen to music while doing the dishes, or other stuff, to try and fool them into thinking I was just another regular person and they shouldn't be watching me.

Wary

when i was younger, i thought that people disappeared when i wasn't with them.

Debbie

for some reason, when i was around pre-school age, i was convinced that i could change into some kind of wolf someday because i could make this really weird sound in the back of my throat. i thought that i couldnt tell anyone, but one time i my mom was talking to my teacher and i let out this weird "growl". i think they ignored me because kids are weird, but i remember being afraid that they were going to find out my "secret"... i hope i never have kids as strange as i was!!

Kate

When I was little I used to think that if I brushed my teeth more than twice a day I would turn into a toothbrush.

toothy