people

my mom used to say circling people will kill them.and i believed.

chAse

seeing a funeral on thursday was unhealthy.someone sparked me abt it actually.now i wonder why i did not protest.

chAse

When I was little I thought that you could die inside, or you would bump your head when your spirit ascended. My mom wasn't sure what to tell me about this, since she thought I probably felt pretty safe inside.

Anon

I used to believe that my old grandmother had a long life and was still alive because she had also forgotten to die due to forgetfulness brought about by old age. This was long ago before I knew the term, "Alzheimer's Disease"

Ed

I used to believe when you die, the next day you are reborn as a new person.

Anano

When I was about 7, my brother told me that if you write the name of a dead person in red, their ghosts will come and haunt you. Till today, I'm still afraid of writing the name of a dead person inred.

Turayo

I used to believe that the instant you died your name automatically appeared in the bible, so when my Grandma died I asked if she was in the bible.

Anon

when i was about 4 i seriously thought that after you were buried i thought these huge tubes were connected to the casksets and would either suck you up or down considering how you behaved when you were alive. although thats what i believed i was always confused as to why i never saw any of these tubes..i guess i figured it happened at night when no one saw.

Anon

I thought dead ment you would be buried 500 feet under the sand, I didn't know it meant you weren't alive.

zzo38

i used to believe that if you were present at the moment something died, you could see its spirit exiting the body and going up to heaven like on the cartoons...

Anon

When I was 7,I had a peculiar fear of Helen Keller.I was always afraid to sleep at night because I was afraid that she would get a knife and cut my head off.

kitkat bar

I used to believe that when someone died their head fell off, even if they'd did of say, a heart attack. I think this came from how a dead person if always referred to as a body, as in "they're going to cremate the body". It just seemed natura to assume that they either did something else with the head or that it fell of.

Bethan

I used to believe that when you grew up you went off to war. (this was in the early 60's) and died. I saw alot of the vietnam war on the news.

Joe

When I was about 4 or so, I didn't really understand death. (But what 4 year old does?) I knew that the person went to heaven, but that was about it. I thought their body would just one day disapear and they would be in heaven. Well, one day, my mom had to go in early to work. (My mom was always around in the morning when I woke up.) When I got up, I went into my parents bedroom to see (to my horror) my mom's side empty. I fell on the floor and started crying so loud I woke up my dad. I was screaming "mommy's gone! mommy's gone!" but then my dad picked me up and said "it's ok, remember, she went to work early today." then i wiped my tears and said "...she did?" and my dad said "yep." and I was just so grateful that my mom wasn't dead.

Brianne

When I first learned about the concept of death, I also learned that a common cause of death is old age. I thought "I'm getting older... oh my god - I'm gonna die soon!" I was so scared until I relised that I had alot more time to go before I would die of old age.

Anon