i used to imagine a heart attack occuring when somebody's heart somehow "pops out" of their chest, and they would start attacking the victim. i honestly believed this until 8th grade, when we learned about functions of the heart.
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- When I was in elementary school, I believed my heart moved across my chest throughout the day.— Allison
- The song called heart of glass mixed me up as a kid. I heard "Heart and ass". — oops
- I used to think that when people had heart attacks someone came and stabbed their heartAnon
- I used to think that if you eat pig heart, you could grow another heart and be twice as healthier. Anon
- I thought you always die if you A. get cancer or B. have a heart attack— Nate
- I use to think i heart attack was when you got stuck in an elevator. I have no idea how i came to believe thisAnon