I used to believe if I held my breath, the scary monsters (in closets, under beds, in the basement) couldn't get me. This proved troublesome everytime I was called to dinner. i would leave my room, turn off the lights, and run like hell down the hall and the stairs, skidding into the kitchen gasping for air, I find I still hold my breath coming up from the cellar.
A childhood belief about monsters
others believed things like this
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj
- I used to think that if you held a turd in for more than an hour it would give you bad breath— phil
- when i was a little kid. i used to think that when u hold ur breath ur heart stops.. LOL :P — Annonymus
- I used to dream that if I held my breath, I could swim through the air for brief amounts of time— Adam
- I held my breath near cemeteries because I thought it would be rude to inhale spirits. Anon
- I still hold my breath when I pass by cemetaries because it is impolite to breathe when other people can't.— Crystal