I couldn't understand how the medicine used to know where in your body was sore. How did it know whether you had a toothache or a tummy ache? I thought my mum must give it directions as she poured it onto the spoon.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- My sister told me whenever I had a tummy ache it was my unborn twin inside my stomache trying to get out.— Jamie Field
- I used to think that when doctors didn't want to prescribe you medicine, they'd give you a gazebo.— JD
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)
- I thought Tic-Tacs were medicine until I was 11 years old.Anon
- I thought that the jetstream from planes was white paint. Which was constantly poured out from the plane.— Tore
- I thought Viagra was an allergy medicine for a really long time.Anon