special powers

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

I truly believed that if a friend and I both laid on the floor in a straight line with the soles of our feet touching, we could walk straight up into the air. I'd pick up my right foot and my friend would pick up her left, then we'd just be able to "walk" up as far as we'd like. (It never did work.)

K.C.

My mother told me this about my brother.

He used to watch the Superman live-action TV show and thought if he had a cape, he could fly. But there was a condition.

Superman, on TV, his cape always was straight as a board. So when Rob would tie a towel around his neck, he thought if he could run fast enough that the towel would fly out straight as a board behind him, he could fly while holding his arms out.

But how would he know if the towel-cape was straight if he didn't look back to check on it now and again? That's when he turned to look back at his towel-cape and ran into a tree... You must always watch where you're going.

Maxi Rose

I believed that if you did it just right, you could fly. I remember using capes and flapping my arms and jumping off picnic tables..

Jo Ann

I used to believe that I could fly. When I was very small, we lived in a fifth floor walk-up. I believed that all I had to do was put my hand on the banister and I flew up all five flights. The funny thing is, I still have distinct memories of doing this. I am 55 years old.

Madelon

wen i was small i used to believe that if i swam long ehoufh i will grow a tail and turn into a mermaid...i tried really hard , especially after seeing th cartoon film "the little mermaid"

Anon

I used to believe that if you took a broom outside and said, "Star Light Star bright the first Star I see tonight I wish I may, I wish I might have the wish I wish tonight. I leaned the broom against a ladder and wished that it would become a flying broom. It never did (but I learned from a friend it was because I looked back for a second time at the star I'd made the wish on. That made the wish null and void.) I have yet to be able to NOT look at that star after I've made my wish.

Poody

I used to believe that I and my cousins were witches with special powers and we could fly and make things move with our mind.

Shawna Lanne