I used to believe that if I got scratched by my cat too much I would have to get a cat scan, so I was terrified of going anywhere near my cat for years!
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I scratched one side of my body I had to
scratch the other to be "even".— Greg - Until the age of 10, I was terrified of peeing out my intestines.— darya
- I used to be terrified of the numbers 18 and 19. I think I thought that when you turned 18 or 19, you die.— Emmy
- I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.— kevin
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft
- I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin