I used to believe (not too long ago) that if I stared at something for long enough and thought really hard about it I could make obkects move/fly/fall over etc -- i think i watched Matilda too many times!!
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if I stared at the sun for a long time, I could make day turn to night.— Big J
- i used to think if you stared long enough at the sun (until it looked blue) you could kill it— sean
- I used to think that if you stared real hard at the wind, you could see the angels.— Bradon
- i used to believe that if you watched TV for a long time, your eyes would turn into squares.Anon
- I used to believe that if i watched TV for too long, my eyes would turn square. As told to me by my mother.— Alex
- I thought farting was magical wind, and if you did it loud and hard, you would be able to move yourself.— Blake