When I was about 4 or 5, I believed that if I stood on my hands and lifted hard enough, I could levitate. I eventually gave up.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- I used to think that boy's lifted the toilet seat to pee because their asses were too big.— sydo
- i used to believe (because my dad told me so) that AM stood for "awful music" and FM stood for "fine music"— skydvgrl
- I believed you could dry your hands with hot water, until i got a chance to try it.— A A RENN
- I believed that numbers eventually just ended. That they stopped somewhere after 1000.— Jamis
- When I was 6 I believed that on nice summer days you can see the world spin if you just look hard enough :)Anon
- I believed for a long time that brown cows gave chocolate milk!— Evil Mom