When I was little, I had a dolly whose head fell off, then coinsidently, my mum had an ornament whose head fell off. It must have really scared me because from then on I walked around with my hands on my head because I guess I believed my head would fall off if I didn't hold it on.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- i used to belive that if i fell on my head my head would come off while i was doing a cartwheelAnon
- my sister when she was little thorght head lice tried to borrow into her head to get to her brainAnon
- My dad always told me to never hold my sneeze and if I did, then my head will explode.— anon.
- someone could unscrew my belly button, and if they did, my head would fall offAnon
- Thanks to my Nan I believed if I picked my nose my head would "cave in!"— Tilly
- I really believed, underneath her hair, my mom had an eye in the back of her head.— Jessica