when i was little, i was deathly afraid of dying. i would have my dad check my pulse every night before i went to bed just to make sure my heart was still beating. i had this fear until one day my mom and dad took me to the hospital to have a full check up to show that i was healthy.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you shouldn't swallow gum because it would stick to you heart and make it stop beating.Anon
- I still believe that if I really concentrate, I can stop my heart from beating.— Patrick
- When I was five or six, I was worried that I'd lost my heart because I didn't hear it beating.Anon
- I used to believe that you could create money (that you didn't previously have) by writing a check.Anon
- I used to believe that the heart at the beginning of the I Love Lucy Show was made of real chocolate.— Krissa
- After watching a crazy TV show, I believed that aliens were real. I still have a little fear of them. — Niki005