body functions

I used to believe…

The bus to school would frequently break down, and all of us would have to get out and wait for another bus. For some reason, the older kids and the bus driver had this "game", where they would joke around with him that it was a particular child's fault that the bus broke down. One day, driving along, I started to think about what would happen if the bus broke down. And minutes later, it did. I was convinced that I caused it by the power of my thoughts. As I was getting out of the bus, I couldn't look anyone in the eye. One of the kids said to the bus driver, jokingly, it was Debra [me] that did it! I was shocked that others figured it out, and cried the whole way home, ashamed of myself.

I used to believe…

When I was little i believed that if i weed, then i would turn into a dog or some kind of animal. i thought i was the only person in the world that could wee coz i had never seen anyone else go for a wee.

I used to believe…

Somehow I got the notion growing up that boys don't poo, but that only girls poop. Someone must have told me that, but I don't remember who. It caused me to break up with a boyfriend who told me that boys poop just the same as I do, because I thought he was lying. I sure miss him now. I've never met anyone who I like nearly so much as I now like him, knowing he was telling the truth.

I used to believe…

When i was 10 or so, I convinced my brother - four years my junior - that our whole family were superheroes. I had the power to read really fast, while my father and mother could TELL when we had done something wrong even when we thought we'd gotten away with it.

He was to come into his powers when he was ten also - and he believed this firmly until nearly that time. My favourite part of this prank was him trying to work out what his power would be. In the end he decided that the power to play any video game really well would be cool!

I used to believe…

There were two double doors when my food went down and when i got sick, they were rusty and it'd be harder to get the food through so it would hurt.

I used to believe…

In my tummy there was a little factory with stick people and when the food went down it'd land on a conveyer belt and the little men would sample it. If the food was bad the man who tried it would get those little ex-ex on his eyes and faint. Then a red light would go off and everyone'd panic until everything was in order again. It was during this time that I'd have a stomach ache.

I used to believe…

When i was small i use to think that if anyone cut you and you bled and couldn't make it stop, then you would bleed to death until your body turned flat... i later realized human beings had bones and they would never turn flat even if they were to bleed to death.

I used to believe…

When I was younger I thought everyone in the whole world fell asleep at 9, so I spent countless nights trying not to fall asleep before 9, and when I made it I thought:"Wow, now I'm the only awake person on the earth!"

Later when I found out that when it was night here, it was day on the other side of the earth, I was so happy I lived on this side because then I could sleep when it was dark and be out playing when it was day, but the poor children on the other side had to sleep while the sun was up and were awake when it was dark.

I used to believe I could fly, then after watching superman one time at the neighbours house I was convinced we could - all we needed was to drape our dressing gowns around our necks and somewhere to jump from that was very high- we lived in a 3 storey home so my littlest brother and I went to the top floor window and perched ourselves on the sill, I was ready to push my brother out the window (I had nominated he try first). Lucky for us my elder brothers saw and saved us from a nasty fall.

I used to believe…

When I was little, I used to think that certain foods "lived" in certain spots of my body. So I would talk to my mom and say(as i pointed to my hand, for example) and this is where all the bananas i eat go...

I used to believe…

While pretend-erasing my brother with a small eraser, he told me he'd actually disappear if I used it on him.

I used to believe…

When I was about 7 my sister's friend told me that, when you were sick, if your temperature got to 105 you would die. I remember lying on my mom's bed getting my temperature taken, terrified that I would have 105. I found out my answer one time when I had pneumonia and my mom took my temperature in the middle of the night. She let out a huge gasp after she took the thermometer out of my tushy, and when she collected herself she reassured me that I wasn't "going to die."

I used to believe that someone would tickle my feet if they weren't covered while I was sleeping. This led me to wear slippers to bed every night when I was really young

I used to believe…

when i was little my mom used to get a ton of migrains and my older brother always told me to leave the room because when you get a migrain this little guy in your head pushes on your eyeballs and they pop out of your head!

I used to think i was the onlyone who could hear myself think.I wondered why i was the only one to do this.I thought i was talking in my brain and talking to other peopleinside me

I used to believe…

When my mom would put us to bed she would say goodnight kids! And then we would be like can we have a night night drink? She would go get us some water with crushed ice in it, and we thought that it was a magic potion to help us sleep better at night!!!