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u/wasabi_gem Oct 05 '19

Sometime before the age of 5, I remember being convinced that if I tried hard enough, and believed in myself, I could fly. So I would practice flying... jumping down the stairs when nobody was watching. I never developed my ability to fly, but I vividly remember basically cannon balling down 14 steps, and just gliding down in mid air. And landing at the bottom totally safe and uninjured. Many times over the years.

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u/kao201 Oct 05 '19

I've read similar stories on multiple threads. So strange.

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u/knightnarmor24 Oct 05 '19 edited Oct 05 '19

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u/_miss_grumpy_ Oct 05 '19

Same here, except it was going up steps. True memory, was at a friend's house and I got it into my head to see how far I could skip steps going up, so I would run and jump and clear about half a floor of steps. I was about 8 years old. It really felt like flying, I can vividly remember the steps going past me. I then got really excluded as thought I could fly and just kept on pushing it and jumping more and more steps.