I used to think that when my mother took my temperature, and dipped the thermometer in vaseline, she was giving me medicine. I thought that the vaseilne was what made me better.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- When I was 6 or 7 years old, I absolutely believed that if a thermometer broke--the world would end. — Suzi
- I used to believe that the bubble gum medicine was really made of bubble gum. i believed this until i was 16.— Shawn
- I used to believe that black people were white people dipped in Chocolate. That's what my dad told me...— Steve
- I thought Tic-Tacs were medicine until I was 11 years old.Anon
- I thought Viagra was an allergy medicine for a really long time.Anon
- I used to believe that if you turned the thermastat temperature above 70 degrees that everything would melt.Anon