death

I used to believe…

When i used to go to my grandads place he used to tell me that if i wasn't a good boy the coockie monster from sesame street would come and kill me with a poisinus booga during the night

I used to believe…

For reasons that escape me and in spite of the evidence all about me, I was convinced for many a year that people died on their birthdays.

Oddly, I never feared my own. Probably because I thought only old people died.

I used to believe…

For some really odd reason, I thought when we died we became mermaids (i dunno why) And then are parents and family and best friends would become them too. I also thought that our pets became catfish, dogfish, and parrotfish. Then after awhile of thinking that i remembered i couldn't swim well and so i thought i would drown if i became a mermaid.. (uh i know, mermaids can swim, i was a realllllllly stupid child) so i was crying and i thought i would die and then die again and then my mom told me the truth and weirdly i felt better that i wouldn't become a mermaid.

I used to believe that you had to hold your breath while going past a cemetary because breathing is disrespectful to the dead.
I'm not sure what I thought would happen if I DID breathe... they'd probably come out & hunt me down or something

I still catch myself holding my breath occasionally when I drive by a cemetary & I'm almost 25

I used to believe…

when i used to see a character die in a movie, i used to believe that the actor would get payed and spend all his money b4 he actually goes and dies in the movie...after seeing the same actor diing over and over again i asked my mum how many times a person can live and die.....

I thought that my best friend (who is about a year older than me) would automatically die 1 year before me. Basically I thought everyone died at the same age on their birthdays.

I used believe in Santa Claus, bunny, ghost in cemitery and in my home, because I used to hear voices.

I used to believe…

A few months ago I watched a TV series that featured Soldiers in America that believed you could kill Goats by staring at them.My son must have heard some of this,and when we visited a farm in the summer a whole crowd of people were laughing at some young Goats who were really trying hard to jump on some high rocks,but kept falling off.He got really upset,thinking the crowd were making the goats fall off,and he shouted at them"Why don't you stare a bit harder and kill 'em all"!!

i was 5 when my folks brought me to my first funeral. we went to the wake the night before as well. i thought they called it an "awake" which i thought was pretty rude considering the person was dead and couldnt wake up.

i used to believe that when u die u go 2 sleep 4eva an i was scared of goin 2 sleep :-S

I used to believe that if you died and and was buried you would suffocate to death.

What?

Oh come on, I was only 3! Your telling me you were the sharpest knife in the drawer at that age?

I used to believe…

When I was younger I thought that if you didnt hold your breath when you were driving past or walking past a grave yard then the ghosts of the grave yard would come and haunt you.

I did that EVERY time I went past a grave yard...

I used to believe…

Around the age of 5, for no reason I have ever been able to figure out, I believed that mannequins were corpses. When you died, you got turned into a mannequin. Then a pet died and was buried, and I learned the basics of natural decay.

I used to believe…

When i was younger i told my mom that i wanted to die in my sleep because if i died while i was just walking down the street it would hurt when i fell to the ground. ha.

I thought that whatever your Zodiac sign was that it was the way you were going to die. Being a Scorpio and living in Arizona where there were plenty of scorpions I spent many a sleepless night afraid they were going to get me!

I used to believe…

When I was about 5 or 6 I used to think that the flower holders on the graves were breathing holes. I didn't realise that when you died, you didn't breathe anymore!