When I first got my period I thought I was dying.
I started crying I'm like "Mommy I have cancer!" and she's like "what?" I told her i saw blood in my pants and she just started laughing. Don't think I'm a Dee Dee Dee or anything I was ten I wish someone could have told me earlier.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I started menstruating, I would bleed to death from losing too much blood.— Debbie
- I used to believe period blood came from the nipples. I thought that was what "padded bras" were for!!Anon
- HA! I used to think when you got your period, you would just pee blood...I wish it was like that...if only.Anon
- My mom told me if I picked my nose, I would get cancer.— xxXSaraXxx
- My sisters once told me if I blinked too much I would get cancer.
How mean... D:— Budster - My Gran told me that if I picked my nose, I´d get brain cancer. Traumatised? Yes I was!— Windy Girl