When I was about eight I stayed up late to watch 'Frankenstein' on the BBC. What freaked me out the most was that every time the monster appeared, there was this quiet but persistent sound of a heart beating. Then I went to bed and of course couldn't sleep. Because I could hear my heart beating when I lay on my ear, I called out to my parents in panic "I can hear my heart beating!"
My dad, full of sympathy, said "I should bloody well hope so."
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- When I was five or six, I was worried that I'd lost my heart because I didn't hear it beating.Anon
- I still believe that if I really concentrate, I can stop my heart from beating.— Patrick
- I used to believe that you shouldn't swallow gum because it would stick to you heart and make it stop beating.Anon
- 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