When I was seven, I use dto believe a woman would die fro getting her period. She would bleed to death.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid, I found out about a womans period and I thought that she would bleed through her breasts.— Michael
- I used to believe that when I started menstruating, I would bleed to death from losing too much blood.— Debbie
- I used to believe that if and when you got your hair cut it would all bleed— JC
- When I was about 10 I used to believe that if you burped too much it would make your liver bleed— Lenny
- My mum told me that if you sniffed poppies your nose would bleed.— Karen
- I used to think that if a fly didn't bleed when it was swatted, it would come back to life.Anon