I was a nailbiter, and my mom told me the nails were forming a sharp ball in my stomach, and when big enough, it was going to cut my stomach open, and I would bleed to death........which made me bite my nails even more! Gads! What a terrible thing to tell a child. sheesh!
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- My Dad told me that biting my nails would result in a large toenail being attached to my stomach lining.— LindaAG
- I used to believe that if I bit my finger nails, a hand would grow in my stomach. Anon
- when i was 6 i used to belive if u ate ur toe nails u would grow a foot in ur stomach— chris
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.