I looked up death in the dictionary, and it said something about not breathing and having no heartbeat, so I would try to lie very still and not breathe in order to have a near-death experience.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that death come to visit you. — Lesley
- I used to believe that if you bled to death, you'd get flat!— Lisa G
- I used to believe that every death had an autopsy ;-;
I was so dumb as a kid lol— Brii - i used to believe that i could avoid death by locking myself in a closet.— babie
- I used to believe that if you bled to death your body would be flat.— -G
- I used to believe that if i took the covers off at night i would freeze to death.— RockerGirl