i used to believe that the term "eye sockets" was literal -- and that eyes, by definition, plugged into your head like lamps plug into walls... i was always afraid that my eyes would pop out of my head and i wouldn't be able to plug them back in
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana
- If you left a plug socket on with no plug in all the power would run outAnon
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- 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
- My mom said she had eyes in the back of her head. I looked and looked, but never found them.Anon