When I was really young--from age 4 to about age 6, I think--I used to believe that the people pictured in newspapers could see me! I used to talk to them and pretend they were talking back. Where I got this idea, I'll never know.
A childhood belief about being watched
others believed things like this
- Looking back at it, the belief that dogs eat cats is a pretty funny idea. I used to believe it myself.Anon
- I used to believe the people of television were talking to me alone !— Margaux, a French student in eighth grade
- I used to belive that all animals could talk but just didn't want to aroung people!— Mallory
- I used to believe that people who don’t understand English can’t talk.— American
- That people older than me knew what they were talking about.— Mark
- When I was younger - I used to believe my stomach rumbling was little people in there talking to me.Anon