I used to think that your belly button was a hole into your body and when it gets fiddled with your finger would touch your stomach and poison it.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- i was told that if you fiddled with your belly-button too much, my bum would fall off.Anon
- I used to believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon
- I used to think that my belly button was where I was once shot and that the navel was a healed up bullet hole— Tony
- 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 think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- my brother (10) still believes that if you stick your finger to far up your nose you can touch your brainAnon