Mum and I went to the school 'mums and daughters night' to see a film about the body etc, well after finding out about periods and bleeding I thought once a girl started to bleed it never stopped! what a relief to eventually find out that was wrong
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I started menstruating, I would bleed to death from losing too much blood.— Debbie
- I believed that numbers eventually just ended. That they stopped somewhere after 1000.— Jamis
- when i first started school i thought the teachers lived in the school and slept on the tables.— emma
- im a girl and i used to think my mom had a penis and i would eventually grow my ownAnon
- I used to believe that an animated film meant that the film had live animals in it.— reverb
- I used to believe that monsters couldnt find me or hurt me if my whole body where under my blanket— Scared shitless