A girl I knew had a selection of very, VERY weird beliefs, some carried on until she was about 11.
Both of us watched a particular show (Dragonball Z) and the characters on it could fly and do other such super-human feats. For months (aged 9ish) she reported that her favourite character visited her at night and whisked her off on adventures. Me and my sister were truly weirded out when she recounted her night-time journeys as we knew it wasn't possible. She apparently didn't.
The same girl also believed that she could fly (a belief I'd had, then dropped aged 5) and insisted on demonstrating to us her 'powers of flight' (the highest possible jump of a ten year old). She apparently also attempted to jump from her window, but was stopped in time to prevent her 'flight'.
She also harboured the belief that she was gifted with various special powers e.g. mind reading. I'm not proud to say I played along and encouraged her.
Like almost every other weird kid, I networked with other weird kids.
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that teachers lived in ufos at night and tha's why they dressed so weird.— llama queen
- I used to belive that kids had powers and if you didn't master them quick you'd lose them. — Oliver
- I used to suck on the ends of batteries intent on gaining super electric powers. Anon
- I used to believe that if I didn't jump off the escalator in time I would be chopped up like mince.— Jodie
- My friend and I used to believe that we could gain special powers by pressing our bellybuttons and wishing.— Andrew
- I beliveve that i got abducted by aleiens and i got special powers and i could talk to animals— I found out