After finishing dinner, I heard my mother say green beans and onions help prevent cancer but I didn't know what "prevent" actually meant .. thus I assumed she meant these vegetables CAUSED cancer. I cried in my room for hours thinking I was surely going to die.
A childhood belief about dangerous food
others believed things like this
- Mom told us that if we didn't eat every single bite of our veggies at dinner time, we'd get colon cancer.Anon
- I used to believe my dentist could give me a shot to straighten my teeth and prevent cavities.— sircigar
- I used to believe that you could get cancer from looking in the microwave while it was running.— Kayla
- I use to believe that when I lost hair that I had cancerAnon
- I use to believe that if my hair fell out I had cancer, and was most likely going to die soon. — Luca
- I used to believe that it was impossible to survive cancer.Anon