Challenge
The Lie
Write about a time a character or yourself convinced yourself of a lie and what that lie in turn caused you to do. Winner is by popularity.
How to induce premature balding (Limerick XVII)
There once was a man with gold hair,
And he thought himself handsome and fair.
As his old gray hairs sprout,
he plucked them all out,
'Til his head was entirely bare.