i used to believe - the childhood beliefs site

Before I knew inner monologues existed, I thought "getting a song stuck in your head" meant seeing the words in your head.

Anon (from music : songs)

The singer, Pink, has a song called "So What" which has the lyric "I'm gonna drink my money". Its music video has her drinking at that part. I thought she was swallowing dollar bills and coins!

Molly (from music : songs)

I thought carpool lanes were for cars...with pools. Could NOT understand how the water didn't slosh out. I definitely pictured the cars as limos.

Margo Jones (from transport : cars)

I used to think it was illegal to eat spaghetti if you were not Italian

Anthony (from food : general)

I used to believe that smoke detectors were secretly UFOs and that aliens were watching me when I walked through the hallway

Anon (from make-believe : aliens)

In preschool I had a teacher named Mrs. White. She was an older woman with white hair, so I assumed her surname was a description of her hair color.

Matt (from people : appearance)

I used to think that a "pool shark" was an actual shark that lived in a swimming pool

Anon (from neighbourhood : swimming pools)

I used to think that someone's birthday was when they could go back to being a baby for the day.

Anon (from grown-ups : getting older)

Wheni was 5,I used to believe that my toys were spirits and if i wouldn’t play with them they would haunt me.

Anon (from kids : toys)

I used to believe human mucus was healthy to ingest because it was gross, logically stemming from vegetables being gross, which I got from some tv shows.

Anon (from bad habits : picking my nose)

Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.

Anon (from language : foreign languages)

When I was a child I used to believe that my parents WERE superheroes at night.

Anon (from grown-ups : work)

When I was a little girl, I used to believe that if you planted a banknote, a banknote tree would grow.

Domi Contreras (from the world : money)

When I was a child I used to believe that teddy bears could talk to me at night.

Daiana (from kids : toys)

When I was a child, I used to believe that Catalonia was the unique part of land of the world.

Anon (from the world : places)

When I was a child I used to think potassium came from potatoes.

Julen Peinado Gomez (from food : general)

I used to believe that if I didn't jump the white lines of the zebra crossing I would die

Anon (from neighbourhood : in the street)

When I was a child I used to believe that the nuns in my school kept children locked in a room and then they ate them.

Anon (from school : teachers)

When I was a child, I used to believe that the school attic was full of ghosts and elfs.

Lia (from school : classes)

When I was little I thought that if I stayed a long time in the water I would become a mermaid.

Salma (from nature : water)