I used to think that every mirror, window, and every other reflective surface in the world was rigged so that I saw myself differently than anyone else. I can only assume that this would have been done to spare myself the agony of knowing how funny-looking I really - secretly - was.
A childhood belief about mirrors

others believed things like this
- I used to think that there is another world on the other side of the mirror, where everyone is named Philip.Anon
- when i was young i used to believe that my image on a mirror would come to life if i broke the mirror.Anon
- I used to believe that human lived inside the planet earth and not on its surface.— Giancarlo
- i used to believe that the white foam on the surface of the ocean were unicorns trying to escape.— intunedwithmagic
- I used to believe that santa had a spare key to our house because we had no chimney.— Karl Andrade (Bombay, India)
- I used to think that "elbow grease" was an actual product of kitchen or surface cleaner.— Carrie