My mom used to always tell me, "You are what you eat." So I thought that if I ever ate a bug, or something still alive, I would turn into it.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- When I was young, I thought that when you turn the blinkers on in the car, it made the car turn.— Cassidy
- I thought there were no pirates alive today!— Sp' Iyulgar
- when i was little i thought that when we die we become stars and watch over our family that is still alive— josh
- I always thought that "Staying Alive" by the Bee Gees was sung by Aretha Franklin.Anon
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy
- i used to believe if i eat fish it would turn my stomach into a fishtank and make me turn into glass.Anon