What are things you've been told in childhood that weren't true/had to unlearn?

[pilotviolin]

sorry, another thread but i wouldn't remember to ask tomorrow; what are things you've been told that weren't true or you had to unlearn? for me it was social things and self beliefs, my mother would always tell me people were staring at me only because they were jealous i was pretty (i have never been treated as an attractive person in my life except when i was three and some creep in the mall was like wow i want to put you in a cage), and her answers to my questions about the world and to her were usually "thats the way it is", or "because i said so". i've also had to unlearn many negative things about myself and about abandonment. i dont think shes a bad person just a hurt one (plus shes gotten better as shes gotten older thankfully), and these are the tip of the iceberg examples, but i was watching some people on youtube and had the realisation a fair few people have to spend alot of time unlearning things their parents instilled into them, whether it be beliefs about themselves, or just how they see the world.

 

[lizzywizzy09]

"You're going to be alright."

 

[GoatHerder]

Religion

 

[Silent_cries]

There are three things that comes in mind for me:

1. Suicide is wrong, a suicidal person doesn't truly want to die or any of the like. Like most people I've been growing up heavily influenced by pro-lifers, in fact I was a pro-lifer myself until my late teens. After all, I had been thought suicide was wrong my entire childhood, I mean, can you really blame me?

2. That adults are always wiser because they're older. Do I even need to explain this one?

3. It always gets better.