I used to think that if i didnt cough or sneeze when i needed to, it would backfire and explode inside my body, which would kill me. i made sure i coughed and sneezed when needed for the longest time, until i was 14 and realized it isnt possible.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- when i was little i used to beleive that if i coughed, sneezed and farted at the same time i would blow up— fart
- I used to think that foreign people coughed and sneezed in a different language.— Even more stupid
- I also thought that people in different countries coughed, sneezed, laughed, or cried in their own language!— Mini
- My dad always told me to never hold my sneeze and if I did, then my head will explode.— anon.
- I used to think that if I held in a sneeze, my ears would turn inside out.— Lori
- i thought that you had like a box or something inside you to hold your soul for the longest time— jill