weird things you used to believe as a kid?

[Cakie !]

whether it was prompted by “keep the kids in line” parent sayings or random things you believed on your own

just weird things you believed as a kid?


i used to believe that we all had outlines like in a cartoon and I would sit for half an hour at a time just
vERY INTENSELY STARING AT MY ARM
spoiler alert: i never found the lines

[miithers]

I used to believe my best friend was a vampire in fourth grade bc she drank Monster in the bathroom during recess
spoiler alert: she was a manipulative bitch that was, in fact, not a vampire

[guts]

when i was younger, i actually believed that if i swallowed the seed, an apple/watermelon would grow in my stomach. my mom and uncle always teased me abt it lmao

[fabrie]

i used to think aliens were going to eat my brain as a kid. i don't know why i thought it, but i did.
bonus: i thought sleeping with my blanket over my head would protect me, and i still sleep like that out of habit.

[grassina]

[align=center][div style=" background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid black; width: 530px; min-height: 9px; font-family:; line-height: 110%; text-align: justify; padding: 20px"]my grandpa had a dimple, but he told me a pirate had cut him with a sword - and i believed it for a long time

i also used to believe that the first star you saw on a clear night would grant you one wish

MY DAD WOULD ALSO TELL ME THIS WILD MAN NAMED UNCLE GEORGE WOULD GET ME IF I MISS BEHAVED AKFNOSJNCAC THE NAME SCARED ME FOR A VERY LONG TIME

speaking of my dad (who filled my dumb head with stuff) - i was super into dinosaurs as a kid, and he told me i hatched from an egg and my parents rescued me from the dinosaurs??

[Una.]

I used to think that my favorite cartoon characters were real and I could reach in the TV screen and touch them.

spoiler alert: I never did.