One day, when I was 11 and my brother was 8, he suddenly got appendicitis at about 3 in the morning and had to be rushed to the hospital for an appendectomy. My parents explained to me that if he didn't have this done, then his appendix would rupture inside him, to which I said, "Wow, I hope the doctors throw the appendix far, FAR away from here, so it doesn't go off inside and blow up the hospital!!!" I actually thought that my brother's appendix could still explode once it was out of him, sort of like a bomb. My parents explained to me that this wasn't the case. I was a very strange kid, lol.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that when you had cramps your appendix would blow up.— Avery
- When I was 6 I used to believe my parents were watching me at school on TV. It explained a lot at the time!— opinionata
- I didn't understand about boiled eggs until my Mum explained I wasn't supposed to eat the shell as well.— Chris
- My brother used to believe that dried out boogers were actually "paving" the inside of your nose. — sm
- My older brother made me believe that wristwatches were powered by tiny Japanese men inside them.— Outsider
- First I believed that my parents were brother and sister. Then I thought that my dad was also my mums dad. — Rainbow