When I was about 7 my sister's friend told me that, when you were sick, if your temperature got to 105 you would die. I remember lying on my mom's bed getting my temperature taken, terrified that I would have 105. I found out my answer one time when I had pneumonia and my mom took my temperature in the middle of the night. She let out a huge gasp after she took the thermometer out of my tushy, and when she collected herself she reassured me that I wasn't "going to die."
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you turned the thermastat temperature above 70 degrees that everything would melt.Anon
- I used to believe disneyland was under my sister bed. I was well dissapointed when I found out she was lying!— Joe B
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- 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 cows owned by my grandfather slept lying on the ground like a human at night.— Eric
- I used to believe that if you crossed your fingers when you were lying, you weren't really lying.— jo