I used to believe that if you picked your nose long enough you would touch your brain. That is what stopped me from picking my nose.
A childhood belief about picking my nose
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if you picked
your nose your brain would cave in...— mr bogtrotter - when i was little my mum used to tell me if i picked my nose too much my brain would fall out!!! think it did— Maz
- my brother (10) still believes that if you stick your finger to far up your nose you can touch your brainAnon
- i was always told if i picked my nose my brain would fall out! i belived it for years!Anon
- My Gran told me that if I picked my nose, I´d get brain cancer. Traumatised? Yes I was!— Windy Girl
- My brother used to tell me if I picked my nose I would become more stupid because bogey were brain cellsAnon