In first grade, my friend Jonathan and I had a bad habit of sucking our thumbs all the time. Everyone started copying us to the point were almost everyone in first grade(and some kindergardeners) sucked their thumb all day long.
In order to stop everyone from sucking their thumb my teacher(A Nun) told us that if we continued to suck our thumbs, that they would fill with water and either eventually fall off or explode!!! I imagined life without a thumb and having to explain to my mom that my thumb exploded because I wouldn't stop sucking it. It creeped me out.
I stopped immediantly, but Jonathan sucked his thumb until 3rd grade...go figure...
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- 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 mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb. — Traumatized
- 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