Things you used to believe as a kid

[Gracey]

Any part of me not covered by bed covers at night was fair game for whatever monsters patrolled the darkness.

Dracula and werewolves exsisted and witches in black cloaks had cats called Mog.

There was a tree inside an acorn (like I was told) I squashed many acorns but never found an actual tree inside.

 

[Kirsty]

I think maybe I should have meant things most children don't believe but for some reason you did.

Most don’t believe? No. Most believe in the man that gives presents. I find it sad when kids are not brought up to believe there is one. What if they start school and all the kids talk about him? It’s a shame in my opinion.

 

[xDominiel]

That there was a shark in the deep end of swimming pools (something that still crosses my mind even now when I go swimming and makes me panic when in the water)

My stepfather told me they were filled with snakes hiding under the tiles. And I believed him.

 

[SchrodingersMeerkat]

I used to think that gingivitis was a fatal disease.

 

[tree]

I got the words 'vernal' and 'venereal' mixed up, for awhile.
It was confusing.

 

[SchrodingersMeerkat]

I used to think sergals were based on a real-life animal. I also used to believe that impetigo was just as deadly as Ebola or leprosy.

 

[Benjamin Dover]

Oh, I believed lots of really stupid things when I was a child.

I believed that adults had their act together and actually behaved like adults. Now, I look around me and see nothing but over-sized children who are incapable of having adult conversations.

I believed that being smart was the key to having a good life. There's no shortage of stupid people out there who are doing WAY better than me.

I believed that hard work would pay off. Instead of hard work paying off, I got exploited.

I believed that honesty was rewarded and expected. Being honest has caused me nothing but suffering and inconvenience.

I believed that being kind to others was a good way to get ahead in business. Now I know that it's the Malignant Narcissists who actually get ahead.

I believed that one could achieve a good level of wealth without harming others. Now I know that this is impossible.

I believed that I'd fit in one day after I grew up. Nope.

I believed that a person who called you "friend" or someone who claimed to love you would never hurt you. I was so wrong.

I believed that increased knowledge of something was an important quality of being a manager. The managers I've encountered are so stupid and political that I could never join the management team.

I believed that people who do horrible things got punished.

I believed that everyone in prison did something to end up there.

I believed that police officers were honorable human beings. Nope.

 

[Sid Delicious]

My older cousin convinced me that the world used to be black and white before colour was invented and that's why older TV shows looked that way.

I quit believing in Santa very early on (after staying up all night to check), but I had detailed correspondence going with the tooth fairy for years before my parents got exhausted writing long essays night after night every time a tooth threatened fell out!

Newts, frogs, toads, dragonflies, and any other creatures I saw around ponds all came out of 'frogspawn'. For some reason I thought it was like a pick 'n' mix arrangement and each tadpole would change into a different thing.

If I put my hand near the plug when the water was going out of the bath, then it would suck my entire arm into the drain!

At a very young age, someone told me that there were secret puzzles and codes hidden in books and if I found any then they led to buried treasure. I was obsessed with reading from that point on.

 

[Progster]

My older sister told me when I was about 6 or 7 that the world was going to end because the sky was red at sunset, and I believed it and was absolutely terrified.