When I was in PE in 5th grade and we had just had "the talk," I got a sudden pain in my vagina, which I later realized was my hymen randomly stretching, and I thought it was my period starting and I was freaking out and kept subtly reaching my hand to the crotch of my pants when no one was looking to feel if they were wet
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- When I was younger I used to believe that when I hit an object they would feel pain like they were living.— Alice
- In varsity I went out with a guy who thought a hymen was an animal, that as related to a Hyena. I magine that!Anon
- In 6th grade, I thought that once you got your period, you'd have it forever!!!! 24/7Anon
- I thought the big hand was for the hour and the smaller one was for the minutes until i was in third grade.— Time Challenged
- i used to think stigmata meant the really clear, white sunbeams that you could see reaching down to the earth.— lora
- I used to believe in a sudden end of the world— anoni