I used to believe that making myself go cross-eyed was the same as X-ray vision, and that I had a special ability that no one else had.
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, I believed that squinting in a storm would make you cross-eyed... forever.Anon
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- when I saw a sign with a deer on it I always thought deer had to cross the street by it. like a cross walk— only me
- I used to believe that if I went down the stairs slowly a red eyed skeleton would come and run after me.— Melly2bee
- I used to believe that if you ate carrots you’d have night-visionAnon
- I used to think that a company had boats all over the world making waves, and airplanes making cloudsAnon