i'm different

now don't read this unless you want to be thoroughly confused: i used to believe that, because i didn't know what other people were thinking and feeling, and they didn't know what i was thinking or feeling, it was perfectly reasonable to assume that everybody was the same person, really. i remember understanding my reasoning... wish i could now, bet it would make my life a whole lot more interesting...

tia

When I was about five, and already a bit of a science fiction fan, my uncle told me that Jews were really Martians and that our family's space ship was in a cave underneath his garage. His house was on a hill, so the explanation seemed perfectly reasonable.

He promised that once I passed my Bar Mitzvah, he could show me the ship and teach me to fly it. Sadly, he passed away when I was about seven and so I never got to see his spaceship.

Now, our family was Jewish, so my uncle was putting me on in a good natured way, he was a total kidder, and this is in no way meant to be anti-semetic.

billsaysthis

Until I was about 9 years old, I periodically considered the possibility that I was the only real person anywhere. The world I lived in was a realistic alien-induced hallucination, and that when I walked anywhere, I actually remained stationary on a sphere (think of a treadmill that goes in all directions). At times, I would suddenly change my behavior, to throw the aliens off track.

This started long before The Matrix, or even Star Trek's holodeck came out. :\

Ray in California

When i was 4 up untill i was 8-9, i was convinced i was a princess. I would call all my fellow classmates my " peasants" and i would insist they let me be first at things or kiss my rings. My teachers all saved letters and pictures and stories i wrote , includeing actual assignments about what you would be when you grew up,all stateing i was a princess and would be a queen when i grew up. My mom has a huge stack of those kind of papers to show my kids when they get older :-) The really surprising thing about it is that i dont remember being so pushy and confident. Infact, i honestly can say i dont even remember believeing i was a princess so earnestly. It makes me kind of sad. Like i lost something that was a big part of myself. All i have now are page after page os outrageous claims of gradure and royalty and stories my friends remember from grade school .

Jane

I used to think I smelled wrong, but I figured out it was because we never used dryer sheets.

blnkfrnk

When Iwas little I thought I was different because I thought I was a cowgirl and my brother was a cowboy because we always played it then I found out I was not a cowgirl when I was six years old.

Eva

I used to believe that exactly at the same time I fall asleep, my whole family and friends gather up and make a bombastic party (as they laugh and gossip about me and my behavior). In general, I used to believe my whole life are being watched by a large group of people who actually behave like normal people but they own superpowers and just "pretend" to be human.

Shira

When I was about 7 I believed that I was the only person in the world that existed, all the other people (including my family) were angels who only existed when I could see or hear them and I would run downstairs or turn round really quickly to try and catch them out.

Ella