i always thought that when someone broke their arm or leg, it would fall off.
A childhood belief about being ill

others believed things like this
- I thought that when you broke a bone, it broke completely off.— gin
- I used to believe that when people broke bones, doctors would give them a new part of the body they broke. — Kelly
- I used to believe that if you broke your arm, it broke off. And that if you got shot, you automatically died.— Mary Beth
- I thought if you trip and fall down you fall at the speed of light!— Dietrich Corby
- I used to believe that when you broke your arm or leg it actually broke off your body— MM
- i thought that if you broke the law a officer would come and hit you with a night stick— Ron