after watching candyman, i was around 9-10, and so terrified to go to the toilet alone incase he would come up and grab me,it took me years of convincing myself that he wasnt real, still 10yrs later and i wldnt dare say his name 5 times in a mirror
A childhood belief about mirrors

others believed things like this
- ***I used to believe that the candyman was someone who would come and steal your candy or poisen it.— C H R I S T E N
- as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- when i was young i used to believe that my image on a mirror would come to life if i broke the mirror.Anon
- After watching a crazy TV show, I believed that aliens were real. I still have a little fear of them. — Niki005
- i could swear eleventeen was a number for the longest time -- it still sounds pretty convincing.— erin
- When I was a young girl I used to believe that drugs were sold in drugstores so I never dare get into one.
— inma d