when I was little I thought that if you looked in a mirror and didn't see your own reflection you would die. The other reflection was supposed to be a picture of who you would be in your next life. Sometimes in the dark I was convinced that it wasn't me in the reflection and I totally freaked out!
A childhood belief about mirrors

others believed things like this
- i always thought I was the reflection and your reflection was a personAnon
- I used to believe that when you cracked a mirror your reflection would come and take over your body!— XxXAbbeyXxX
- I used to believe that my reflection in the mirror was my evil twin that always had bad hair. XDAnon
- If you stare into a mirror in almost complete darkness, the devil will appear instead of your reflection.Anon
- one of my friend's was told by his father that if you didn't turn mirrors over the reflection would run out.— pri
- I used to think I could sneak up on my reflection and catch myself not looking back at me.— Mary Poppins