I was five and I thought that by sucking my thumb I was invisible, I never minded going outside naked sucking my thumb because no one could see me. Mum stopped me when I was four because the neighbours were freaking out
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- my brother stopped me sucking my thumb by telling me the scissor man would come and cut it off
he was evilAnon - My mother told me that if I kept sucking my thumb I would grow another one out the side of the first one.Anon
- My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb. — Traumatized
- my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren