I used to believe that if I stopped breathing when the monsters were hiding under the bed, they would think I was already dead and move on to the next house.
A childhood belief about under my bed

others believed things like this
- When I was a child, I used to believe that when we slept, we stopped breathing.Anon
- WHEN I WAS FIVE I THOUGHT DEAD PEOPLE
JUST GOT THRONE IN THE BIN AT THERE HOUSE.— JESSELEE GWYNNE (VICTORA) - I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- I used to believe that when you fart, your tummy was breathing!— Nicholas Orsmond
- I used to think when you smelled a fart, that you were breathing in tiny pieces of poop.— brandypandy
- that song that goes *bring me a higher love*
i thought it said *breathing in iron lung*— oi