My daughter, at age 4 to 5, really believed that if she sat in the lotus position, closed her eyes and breathed "oooommmm" she became invisible. I don't know how she came to this but needless to say I played along with it and would pretend to look for her when she did this. Later on she was disappointed that this didn't work when other people were in the room. I told her her special powers only worked when only mum was in the room because she got these powers through me.
heh heh...
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- That unicorns were real. They simply had invisible horns that only people with special eyes could see
— Katie - My friend and I used to believe that we could gain special powers by pressing our bellybuttons and wishing.— Andrew
- I beliveve that i got abducted by aleiens and i got special powers and i could talk to animals— I found out
- I used to believe that when you closed you eyes you were invisible and no-one could see you!— Andrew
- I used to think that if I closed my eyes I would be invisible— invisible
- I used to believe that the red dot on Indian people's foreheads meant that they had psychic powers.— Mark