I used to believe when someone said they broke their leg, their leg actually fell off and they had to get a fake one. One day when my mom told me my grandma broke her leg I started crying thinking she wouldn't have a leg anymore.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when people broke bones, doctors would give them a new part of the body they broke. — Kelly
- I used to believe that if you broke your arm, it broke off. And that if you got shot, you automatically died.— Mary Beth
- I thought that when you broke a bone, it broke completely off.— gin
- I used to believe that when you broke your arm or leg it actually broke off your body— MM
- I used to believe that if you broke your arm (or whatever) it came completely off.— Jill
- i always thought that when someone broke their arm or leg, it would fall off.Anon