When I was about 5, a teenage babysitter allowed me to watch The Hunchback of Nore Dame and then terified me by telling me that i would grow a hunchback if I sat slouched too long on the toilet.For ages afterwards I was traumatised by every answer to nature's call.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the Hunchback of Notre Dame was a football player.— Wendy
- We told our little sister that she had a long bushy tail and she fully believed us for ages!!Anon
- My Gran told me that if I picked my nose, I´d get brain cancer. Traumatised? Yes I was!— Windy Girl
- I used to believe that I could talk to nature. I still do. And I'm 12. — Judy
- I used to believe that God and Mother Nature were married.Anon
- I used to believe that Marshmallows grew in nature. — Helen