I used to think tears were peices of your eyes liquifying and comming out and every time you cried you eyes would get smaller one day me and my friend were on the school bus and I told her my theory and she beleived me, not that we're older we know its not true but she still makes fun of me for thinking it was.
A childhood belief about eyes
others believed things like this
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- when I was young I used to believe if I squinted my eyes and it was windy my eyes would stay like this forever— Jeanne
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- My Aunt used to tell me that if I cried too much, I would run out of tears.— Peter
- I used to believe that if you stared into a cat's eyes, my eyes would turn that color too.— silvia