I used to believe…
around the age of 5 or 6 i became paranoid about my eyes. i thought that if i ever touched them, even by accident, like rubbing an itch, than my eyes would fall into my head and i would never get them back.
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana
- When I was little, I believed my parents really had eyes in the back of their head.— Tera
- i used to believe that my preschool teacher had eyes in the back of her head.Anon
- My mom said she had eyes in the back of her head. I looked and looked, but never found them.Anon