When I was very young (around 4 or 5) I firmly believed that when I shut my eyes that I would become invisible. Since, at the time, I had a huge fear of the monster in the closet across the hall, I would shut my eyes whenever I was in the vicinity of said closet.
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- my mum used to say if i lied my eyes would change colour...when i lied i would shut my eyes— kevin rosenqvist
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- I used to believe that when you closed you eyes you were invisible and no-one could see you!— Andrew
- I used to think that if I closed my eyes I would be invisible— invisible
- When i was a child i used to believe that i became invisible when i covered my hands with my eyes.
— Owen - That unicorns were real. They simply had invisible horns that only people with special eyes could see
— Katie