I used to think that if I stared into the mirror long enough you could see the faces of your past lives. Really its just your eyes getting tired and distorting what you see.
A childhood belief about mirrors

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you stared into a cat's eyes, my eyes would turn that color too.— silvia
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy
- I used to think wall outlets looked like little faces (eyes and mouth), and so I would talk to them sometimes!— EJ
- i used to think if you stared long enough at the sun (until it looked blue) you could kill it— sean
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J
- I believed that if I looked too long in the mirror admiring myself the Devil would appear.— Paul Elletson