When I heard the term "broken heart", I thought the heart was literaly brocken or cracked. I thought if I fell out of a tree, I might break my heart. (like break my arm or leg). A conversation could go like this: "He fell out of a second-story window and broke his heart."
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- 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 you could have a heart attack if you fell in love too deeply!Anon
- I used to think that if you eat pig heart, you could grow another heart and be twice as healthier. Anon
- I thought you always die if you A. get cancer or B. have a heart attack— Nate
- I thought the song "Party Time" by Moby was actually saying "heart attack" (this was before I knew the title)— Elviessa