I was convinced that we each had a certain amount of air to breathe. This was contained in an invisible balloon. When it ran out you died...I would lie in bed and hold my breath for as long as I could. I am now 62 and my balloon is sagging badly
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- I still hold my breath when I pass by cemetaries because it is impolite to breathe when other people can't.— Crystal
- I used to believe that everytime a balloon was released , it meant that a child had recently died.— Samantha
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj
- When i was young I used to believe if I ate ham fat I was going to inflate like a balloon— a guy
- i usd to believe that if i put a balloon on a lawn chair that i could float up in the sky and around the worldAnon
- My older brother used to tell me that if I "untied" it, I'd fly around the room like a balloon. — Gullible youth