I had a friend tell me once that before we got old we would all have at least one fatal accident! I didn't understand what he meant at the time but as it sounded so dramatic I told my sisters as I thought it must be true!! Only a few years later did we all laugh at how impossible this was!
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- I fully believed, up until about 6 years old, that the word 'accident' was a noun that meant 'burnt toast'.— Karl Goetz
- I couldn't understand why my grandmother wore an ear-grenade (hearing aid). It sounded very dangerous to meAnon
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- For many years I didn't understand why everyone was talking about the 'youth in Asia' (euthanasia).Anon
- I used to believe that "according" meant playing the accordion, since it sounded like accordion. — According
- I thought it was impossible for anyone to lift more than their own body weight. Just seemed to make sense..— Xenomorph