My mom told me that my neighbor had thrown her back out. I felt very smart because even I knew you shouldn't leave parts of your body in the trash can.
A childhood belief about being ill

others believed things like this
- I used to believe lepers came from Ireland. Like leprechauns, only with less body parts.Anon
- I used to think that bodily tissues were kleenex sheets that grew in certain parts of your body.Anon
- I used to believe that a funeral organist was the person who collected the body parts of the deadAnon
- i used to believe that smart people were smart because they drank a lot of teaAnon
- when I was a kid my neighbor told me if I picked my nose I would poke out my eye. I believe him. — Jane
- When I was 3, my neighbor told me she was a witch and she said Godzilla was going to step on my house.— Grayson