I used to believe that I could breathe underwater. I mean, water has oxygen too, right? I distinctly remember laying face down in the pool in the back yard, and slooooowly breathing water in a bit at a time, until I was comfortable breathing underwater. I mean, I can still look back and REMEMBER doing this. I KNOW it's impossible, but.....
A childhood belief about special powers
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that pools had underwater doors that sharks were going to swim out of.— marky
- when i was 4 i believed i could breathe under water, one day i decided to try it and woke up in the hospital!Anon
- i used to believe that the water in the ocean went away a night......then came back in the morning.— Beverly
- I used to believe that when you fart, your tummy was breathing!— Nicholas Orsmond
- I used to believe that your tap water came from the swimmimg pool.— Mimi
- I used to think when I peed in the shower as a kid, the water coming back through the showerhead was my pee.— gregg