When I was about 8 years old, we learnt about how Jesus cured lepers. The Teacher was bombarded with questions about leprosy and she spent about an hour explaining what it was. Somehow I managed to greatly misunderstand the disease and for about a year afterwards I thought that anyone who had their fingers curled up a little had leporsy. For that year I went around with my hands dead straight so that I wouldnt be at risk of getting the disease.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all old people got the disease "OLD TIMERS DISEASE" Instead of alzheimers disease :D— MollyJohnson
- I used to think that Alzheimers disease was called Old Timers Disease.— Justin
- That Alzheimer's Disease was Old Timer's Disease.— Todd K
- I thought there was a disease "Bigpox" that was like Smallpox only more horrible..— Xenomorph
- When I was 10, I thought that nausea was called Lack-O-Candy Disease. My mom made it up— Teddybearhaha
- I used to believe that "Swarfega" was a disease.— Alan Brindley