When I was little I thought there was a bodily fluid that gave people the ability to talk. No one told me this; I came up with it on my own. I thought that every time a person talked, some of the fluid would be used up, and once it ran out, they would never be able to talk again.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When ever we went to the gas station, it was to replace the blinker fluid.Anon
- I used to beleive when ppl didn't talk (deaf ppl) they lost their voice and could never talk again!— Tiara 10
- I used to belive that all animals could talk but just didn't want to aroung people!— Mallory
- I used to believe that people who don’t understand English can’t talk.— American
- I thought I had X-ray vision and could talk to animals and they could understand me.— Kitty Lover
- I used to talk with my teddy bear and I really thought he answered me.— Joy