As a kid, I was scared to death of turnstiles, thinking they were put there just to scare and endanger people. I was scared to death that they could trap me or impale me, etc.
A childhood belief about excursions
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you were scared "half to death" that you only had one scare left before you died.— Bush Hiddenofsky
- I used to believe that "Earwigs lived in your ears", scared
me to death for years.— Will Chapman - I believed one of the greatest dangers you could face was quick sand. I was scared to death of it.Anon
- Before I knew about death, I used to think people turned back into babies again after they got old. Anon
- I used to believe that death come to visit you. — Lesley
- I used to believe that if you bled to death, you'd get flat!— Lisa G