I used to think that if you held your breath when you were young you could save those few breaths you would have taken but didn't and then use them on your death bed and and add seconds, even days to your life. I had a plan to hold my breath every day for a few minutes so that by the time I was old I would have gained myself at least a month of extra living-time.
A childhood belief about getting older
others believed things like this
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj
- I used to dream that if I held my breath, I could swim through the air for brief amounts of time— Adam
- I used to think that if you held a turd in for more than an hour it would give you bad breath— phil
- when i was a little kid. i used to think that when u hold ur breath ur heart stops.. LOL :P — Annonymus
- I held my breath near cemeteries because I thought it would be rude to inhale spirits. Anon
- I still hold my breath when I pass by cemetaries because it is impolite to breathe when other people can't.— Crystal