My Mom used to tell me that she could take a screwdriver and unscrew our belly buttons and our legs would fall off. But I always had a great sensitivity in my belly button and couldn't stand for it to be touched.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- If you undo your belly-button with a screwdriver, your legs will fall off.— Toby
- someone could unscrew my belly button, and if they did, my head would fall offAnon
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann
- i was told that if you fiddled with your belly-button too much, my bum would fall off.Anon
- I believed that if you pushed your belly button, your bum would fall off.— Wendy