i used to believe that if i rolled my eyes while someone hit me on the back of the head, my eyes would stay that way. i tried like mad to get someone to hit me while i did that but no one would! i even tried to do it to myself, and when it didn't work i figured i wasn't hitting myself hard enough.
A childhood belief about eyes

others believed things like this
- 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
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana
- When I was little, I believed my parents really had eyes in the back of their head.— Tera
- i used to believe that my preschool teacher had eyes in the back of her head.Anon
- if i rolles my eyes, it would stay like that foreverAnon