I believed that because I often dreamed that I was able to fly, I had the innate but undeveloped ability and could learn to fly. So I would climb trees and jump out of them, always expecting that eventually I'd just start flying on the way down.
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if I was swinging on a swing fast enough, I could jump off it and start flying.— Nick
- I used to believe that if you had an animal listen to classical music, it'd eventually learn how to talk.Anon
- i used to believe that if i looked at trees, the wind would start blowing. Anon
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W
- I used to believe that if you dreamed you were falling and you hit the ground, you'd die in your sleep.— Knoot
- I believed that Jesus was flying across the sky, it was actually sunlight reflecting off planes.— Patti