My little brother once asked what snoring was. When we explained it was a breathing thing while you slept, he seemed very surprised. We asked him what's wrong, and he said, "Don't you stop breathing when you sleep?"
A childhood belief about sleeping
others believed things like this
- When I was a child, I used to believe that when we slept, we stopped breathing.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 - I used to only sleep on my back because I thought I would break my ribs if I slept on my stomach.— Molly
- I used to believed that when I went to sleep my heart took a rest too, and didn't pump at all while I slept.— Lara