When I was about 10 years old I used to believe that if I stared directly at the sun I would get some kind of super-vision (because of retinic impression). Luckily, I stopped doing that after a few days... now I'd be blind!
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the Super intendant was the Super Nintendo.— Lecia
- I used to believe that blind dates were dates for people who were blind.Anon
- I used to think the olden days came once every couple of yearsAnon
- I used to believe that if you ate carrots you’d have night-visionAnon
- I used to believe that eg 1+1=11 and 2+2=22.
Luckily that only lasted until age 2 1/2.— Madi - I thought I had X-ray vision and could talk to animals and they could understand me.— Kitty Lover