I used to think that when you slept, you stoped breathing. I would pretend to be asleep when my parents came into my room, and hold my breath. I would end up gasping for breath, revieling that I was awake.
A childhood belief about sleeping
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
- when i was a little kid. i used to think that when u hold ur breath ur heart stops.. LOL :P — Annonymus
- I still hold my breath when I pass by cemetaries because it is impolite to breathe when other people can't.— Crystal
- When I was a child, I used to believe that when we slept, we stopped breathing.Anon
- When i was litle i used to think i only had to breath when i wanted to.— molly
- when i was a kid i used to think farts were another person in my tummy talking and he had bad breath— JOEY