when i was little i used to belive that the belly button was a whole in your body and so i was terrified of having baths because thought water would get inside me through my belly button
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- I used to beleive if your belly button came undone all the air would go out of your body and you would die.— kate
- I used to believe that belly button lint came from the *inside*. Why else would it always be the same color?Anon
- I used to believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon
- when I was a kid I thought that babies come out of a belly-button.— Ana
- My mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.— Dana