special powers

Until my brother was about 16 he thought that my mother could really see through walls because everytime he would attempt to drink milk directly from the carton, my mother would catch him and tell him to get a cup.

Seems my mother's not as slick as we thought...from where she was sitting, she could see the light from the refrigerator and my brothers reflection in the strategically placed glass cabinet.

Girl with a Slick Momma

when my friends and i were little, around six, we used to play a hansel and gretel type game and i was always the witch. eventually i really did think i had magical powers, i thought i could control the wind and it would make me fly. i have no idea where i got this theory!

C

When I was about 5 or so, I remember believing that if I held my arms straight out to my side, and made figure 8's with them, I would start to lift up off of the ground and fly.

Michele K. in Illinois

i used to think when you flap your arms around and jump you could fly.i sure didnt fly when i tried that.

velvetryn

when i was about 4 or 5 yrs old, my mom told me that if i could kiss my elbow (the outside bend) then i would turn into a boy. (or a boy would become a girl)

superxan

I used to think that deja vu ment i had magical powers. I used to get deja vu alot when i was younger, and still till this day infact. I used to smile and tell people i could reverse things and do them all over again. I doubt the understood i ment deja vu . My poor parents must have been so amused. I also used to think i could predict the future because i would have a song in my head all day long and when i would turn on the radio, 8-10 times it was that song i had in my head all day. Not popular songs, just random favorites of mine. Same thing with movies. I would be thinking of a line or charector from a movie and it always seems like when i turn on the tv, there is that movie at some point of its running time.

Jane

When I was in early grade school, I thought that my mother knew everything that I did and everyone that I met. I would refer to kids at school and couldn't figure out why she didn't know who I was talking about. Last year my son walked home from kindergarten with a friend, he said he thought I would know where he went without his calling me!

Sherrie

when I was younger I was positive that there are people that can actually read minds. Just like that girl on Star Trek (the next generation). So whenver I was in a crowded place, like a bus I tried to only think good things. Just in case anybody there can actually read them. I was worried that if I thought anything bad somebody would tell my parents and I'll be grownded.
It still kinda freaks me out sometimes, like if I'm on the bus and I'm thinking something sexy, than at least 1 other person knows I'm thinking about it.

Anon

My cousin once got some Super-man pajamas, complete with red cape, as a child...

He suddenly thought he really was Superman, and climbed out his 2nd-story window onto the porch and jumped off, thinking he could fly.

If his dad hadn't been walking up to the porch at that moment and caught him, he'd would have found out he couldn't fly the hard way.

Ashley