I used to believe that if I got soap in my eyes I would go blind, because all of the labels said keep out of contact with eyes. I didn't realise that it's because it stings.
A childhood belief about bathrooms
others believed things like this
- i used to think that if you were blind you had to have your eyes closed. Anon
- I used to think that if you closed your eyes, you convince others that you were blind.— katie B
- I used to believe that you were only classed as blind if you had your eyes closed.Anon
- I used to think that blind people always had their eyes closed.Anon
- When i was younger i used to believe people blind had no eyes.— Kenza
- When i was little my mum convinced me that if a cat spat in my eyes i would go permanently blind. — Louise Atkinson