I used to believe (until I was 12!) that when I went to the dentist, the sound that the drill made was the cavities screaming because they were being destroyed.
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- I used to believe my dentist could give me a shot to straighten my teeth and prevent cavities.— sircigar
- I used to believe they were called dentist disappointments rather than dentist appointments.— Emma
- I had tinnitus as a child and used to believe that it was the sound that the devil made when he was closeby— Helen
- I used to think that the sound made from airplanes flying over me was the antenna scrapping across the sky.— Richard J Brown
- I use to believe the sound that a car made when it was running low on gas was what they called horse power...— Bianca
- I used to believe that the sound of crickets at night was the noise the stars made when they sparkled. — Jane