i thought alzhiemers was pronounced old timers, i believed this till i was about 11 it made sense to me it was a disease old people get
A childhood belief about getting older

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all old people got the disease "OLD TIMERS DISEASE" Instead of alzheimers disease :D— MollyJohnson
- I used to think that Alzheimers disease was called Old Timers Disease.— Justin
- When I was 10, I thought that nausea was called Lack-O-Candy Disease. My mom made it up— Teddybearhaha
- my aunt used to tell me that pinapples made your eyebrows grow. i believed it till i was about 10.— Anna
- when i was 2 or 3 believed that i had lots of animals in my tummy it made sense my mum had baby in hers.— kjc
- That Alzheimer's Disease was Old Timer's Disease.— Todd K