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When my great grandfather died I was about 4 or 5. My family never attened curch before so I didn't exactly know how to pray. So I am told I 'taguht' my younger cousins how to pray. I had told them to put thier hands together and spin around in circles and speak loudly. We had done this right in front of his coffin. I really didn't know what death was at the time. I thought he was asleep and we were trying to wake him up. I feel really bad about that now.

Anti-chinchilla

I used to think that when people died they didn't really die they just left home and travelled around the world until they found another family they liked and settled down with them. I was quite insulted that no dead people decided to live with us!

Jez

I used to believe that when people died everyone could see them floaing up to heaven. I used to hope I would die, so that I could enjoy the view of my hometown.

Ella G

When I was young I saw kids going "I'm dead!" whenever they died in some
stupid imaginary game, and from then on until I was about 7, I thought that
was what people said when they die, no matter what situation they were in,
or how they died.

Psycho Kitty Bob

When I was in 1st grade I remeber hearing my mother saying my pre-school teacher went to heaven, by that I thought that she took a plane and flew to heaven , couple of weeks later I asked "Is she back from her trip yet?"

Lindsay

I used to believe that the more you talked, the sooner you would die. Needless to say, I was a quiet kid.

Lisa

I used to believe that if you gave cpr to a dead person they would come back to life,I told my cousin and he tried it at the funeral of my aunt.His family was kicked out and he was grounded for a month!

My couisn was mad at me person

When I was 4 my dad died. In trying to explain what death was my granny told me it's like going to sleep and never waking up. I thought if I went to sleep he would come get me and then I'd never wake up either.

I'm 37 and I'm still afraid to sleep.

Michelle

My great-grandmother (age 97) was the first funeral that I went to. It was open casket, and it smelled terrible. I thought it was the body! It wasn't until they brought all the flowers back to the house that I realized it was the daisies.

me again

When I was six or seven, I used to think that if you swallowed even the tiniest piece of plastic, you were doomed to death. I also thought that plastic and paper were the same thing. So, one Christmas after presents were opened and breakfast was being prepared, I accidently (don't ask me how) swallowed a bit of wrapping paper or something like that. When I realized with horror what I had done, I crawled behind the couch and waited to die. After about thirty seconds, I realized I wasn't going to die, at least not then anyway. So I went and ate breakfast. The end.

Zach

I used to think when someone died you could just get on an airplane and fly up into Heaven and go see them. So I wasn't that sad when people died.

Anon

When my Granny died when I was 5 we where riding in the family limo I looked out the window and saw the herse with my Great granny in it, And asked my mom where the buzzards where because I thought that when any thing died buzzards would circle over u until you where buried.

Sugar Foots

When I was very young I was told that dying could happen to anyone at anytime. I was from then on terrified that I would suddenly and without reason die violently (think spontaneous combustion). It wasn't till I was older that I realized what was meant by that statement.

Anon

My mother got off the phone with the news that a distant family member had passed away. And I asked my mother what happens to people when they die. She replied that they stop moving and an image appeared in my head of an old man falling off a chair and turning to stone... dead. So, for quite a while, I believed that when people died, they turned to stone.

Somy

I was about 6 years old, when I watched a film where two children are wandering around in the woods. At t one point the boy says to the girl 'each step that we take is one less step of our lives'- that phrase had a long lasting impact on me-- for a long time after that I took pains to ensure that my strides were as large as possible when walking.

Kaneta

When I was little, some friends and I believed that we could see ghosts. We had this group and we would describe all of the ghosts we saw to each other. Although it was mostly imagination, it was still fun.

Anon

When I was little, I believed that people would live forever if they exercised. It confused when I heard of someone dying. I would think " why didn't they just exercise"??

LB

A religious friend of mine in grade 1 told me that if I pointed to a cemetary, my finger would shrivel and fall off. I didn't believe him, so for years, I would point at every cemetary I could find. This habit continued well into my twenties.

Anon

when about 4 i remember asking my father what happens when you die. He informed me that when he died, as far as he could tell, the world would end. I dont think i was really ready for this kind of zen....

cc

when i was about 4-5 years old, one of my friends told me that if you put your arms in a cross and and pushed someone with your arms in that position, they would die. I was realy terrified

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