I used to think that sowbugs would eat large holes in your skin, so whenever I saw them I would instantly kill them and all other sowbugs in the vicinity. I would also check the area around my bed regularly. It got so bad that I was even scared to eat certain foods, for fear that a sowbug may be hiding in the middle.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- i used to think tha if you went outside when it was acid raining the rain would burn holes in your skin— fear of rain
- I used to be scared that if I chewed my cuticles and swallowed a piece of skin, I would become a cannibal. Anon
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar
- I used to believe that if you were Caucasian you from New Orleans because they eat cajun foods.— Serena
- I thought the lyrics to "Don't fear the reaper" were "Don't fear the reefer"— who new?
- I was told that if i didnt wash my hair regularly it would turn green— Mimi Screami