i thought that sewing pins would give me a disease if i pricked my finger on one (i think my mom told me just to be careful). today i am really careful with pins and if i do poke myself i have this instant instinct that its bad!
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- Whenever I got pins and needles in my legs, I thought that woodlice where crawling around inside them!— squee
- I used to believe bobby pins were named after my father.— Erin
- I used to think you had to stick those pins that you stick in your hat through your scalp. That's weird.— Angela
- I used to look for raisins in the ocean when mum told me to be careful of the currents— Karina
- I had an 18 lb. cat who ate rubber bands, I used to believe she could bounce away if not careful.— Dawn
- I used to believe that all old people got the disease "OLD TIMERS DISEASE" Instead of alzheimers disease :D— MollyJohnson