My grandma told me if i stared in the mirror for too long the devil would come out and slap me. I had to sleep with a blanket over my dresser's mirror for year before i realized it wasn't true.
A childhood belief about appearance
others believed things like this
- I believed that if I looked too long in the mirror admiring myself the Devil would appear.— Paul Elletson
- If you stare into a mirror in almost complete darkness, the devil will appear instead of your reflection.Anon
- when i was young i used to believe that my image on a mirror would come to life if i broke the mirror.Anon
- When I was a child my Grandma told me if I threw food on the fire I was feeding the devil— Anthony P.
- I used to think that if a mirror with me in it breaks, I break.Anon
- I used to believe that there was a person in the mirror who looked exactly like meAnon