When I was young I used to believe for some reason that being asthmatic meant you were born with no lungs.
A childhood belief about being ill

others believed things like this
- i thought that "aromatic" duck was actually "asthmatic" duck.
poor thing...— rachael - When I was young, I believed that because my mother was born in New Mexico, that I was part Mexican.Anon
- I used to believe that the lungs where tubes in the neck.— Some Guy
- When I was young, I really used to believe that 'R.I.P.' (on a gravestone) meant 'Return If Possible.'— Colin
- All through life, I always thought the lungs were located in your throat. I'm 25.— thelungs,man
- When I was i kid I used to believe that if i strained too hard while doin #2 I would poop my lungs out...— K.Gordon