When I was a child, I thought that when I made a wish I should cross my fingers and close my eyes so that all the bad energy goes away and my wish can be fulfilled
A childhood belief about special powers

others believed things like this
- If you cross your eyes, they will get stuck like that.Anon
- if you cross your eyes and there's a gush of wind, you'll get stuck like that !!— Olivier
- I used to think that if you don't close your eyes while you sneeze YOU DIE!!!!— Nutter
- I used to think that "cross-eyed" meant that people had X's for eyes, like dead people in cartoons.— Tim
- when I saw a sign with a deer on it I always thought deer had to cross the street by it. like a cross walk— only me
- I used to believe that all my energy "came from my nipples and my back" I literally said that to my parents.— Eleanor R