When I was a kid, I was scared to death of Ferris wheels. I thought that if I got on one and it started going too fast, the wheel would break off and roll away and I would be lost forever. For some strange reason, even as a (very old) adult, I'm still afraid to get on those things!!
A childhood belief about excursions
others believed things like this
- I once thought that there were little mice under the wheel on Wheel of Fortune making the wheel move— Kara
- For some reason I thought any 4X4 vehicle would pull a wheelie when switched into 2 wheel drive.— Richard Davies
- I thought that when I got older "they" would invent a cure for death and I could live forever.— wishful thinking
- I used to thik that jaw-breakers would break your jaw. I was very afraid to eat them!— Jennifer
- I used to believe that when you lost things, it sometimes was because they had really vanished. — fluffy
- I used to be afraid of moving my wrists incase i snapped my veins and bled to death.— Tender veins