When I was about 5, I was a very picky eater so I didn't eat a lot. My brother, who is 7 years older than me, told me that there were little bugs inside of me, and even if I didn't eat, the bugs inside still got hungry. So he told me they would eat my insides for food. Nevertheless, I ate all the time. I believed him for the longest time, like 3 years, too.
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- I made my bed everyday as a kid because I believed that if I didn't then bugs would get in it.Anon
- I believed that lightning bugs were faeries....
::sigh:: I miss those enchanted years of my youth.— Andrea Sorenson - i thought that you had like a box or something inside you to hold your soul for the longest time— jill
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- I used to believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon
- For the longest time I didn't know that Spinal Tap wasn't a real group. No wonder I couldn't find their music.— Louis