I used to believe that Rheumatic fever was romantic fever and you got it if you fell in love. Even though I had rheumatic fever as a child, probably because I loved David Cassidy, I didn't realize the truth until I was in nursing school.
A childhood belief about being ill

others believed things like this
- i used to belive a fever was a beaver crawling in my head i no right?— poe
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m
- I believed that everytime I kissed my David Cassidy poster he'd feel it back home in Hollywood.— Marie M
- I thought that since my grandpa and my dad's names are both David, than David Bowie must be my aunt's son.Anon
- I used to think you could have a heart attack if you fell in love too deeply!Anon
- When i was child, i used to believe i can fly, but i had to find the "formula" for realize it— Magic. W.