when i was about 6 we were on a family holiday, visiting relatives. My sister was complaining to my mother of a sharp stinging sensation in her stomach. I overheard my mother say to her 'its probably just indigestion'. Later that day, I noticed a sharp stinging sensation in my legs and so I was talking to a cousin (that we were visiting) told her about my sore legs. I said in that all-knowing way 'its probably nothing serious, just a bit of indigestion' - my aunt and mother overhearing the conversation burst out laughing.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- I use to believe that if a sharp object punctured your eye it would pop like a bubble— Dani
- i used to believe the turning signals on cars helped them turn sharp corners.— Julia
- that there was a sharp toothed snail inside my nose, waiting to bite my finger off— diana
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- I used to beleive that all pains were headaches. So for example, I had headaches in my stomach, legs and arms.— James