As a kid, I used to believe that if I had a photo of someone, the person or people in the photo could possibly, in the right circumstances, or if they were concentrating, see or hear whatever was in view of the photo of their frozen gaze, even though I'd never heard of or been told such a thing. Even in books, and even if the person was fictional, they or SOMEONE would be able to see me. So I would never change clothes in front of a photo, and I refused to have any photos of anyone but me in my room. My parents thought it was odd (and maybe a little narcissistic - but following my logic, what had I to fear from a photo of myself? I already knew what I looked like naked). I've never told them WHY I was uncomfortable around photos.
It probably is weird... I'm almost 30 now, and I still don't tend to have any photos of people in my room, as an adult.
A childhood belief about around the house
others believed things like this
- i used to believe when someone died their image on photo's would disappear— beryl's girl
- On this site when people sign "Anon" I thought Anon was one person who believed in a lot of weird things...— Slow to catch on.
- i told my mother that sex was when two people get naked and tell ghost stories.— linds
- I used to believe that Alexander Graham Bell was not just one person. I thought that they were three people!— J.D.
- when i was little, i thought that a con artist was a person that painted pictures of people commiting crimes— kimkim
- I used to believe that I was the only person who had my name, and that no two people could have the same name.— Rebecca