When I was about 5, my brother, who was about 13 at the time, told me that every time I blew my nose that part of my brain was coming out. After that I always looked into the kleenex to see how much of my brain I had lost. I believed him until I was about 8 or 9.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- my brother (10) still believes that if you stick your finger to far up your nose you can touch your brainAnon
- My brother used to tell me if I picked my nose I would become more stupid because bogey were brain cellsAnon
- my mom told not to pick my nose because if i fell i would poke my brain.— brent
- 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
- i used to believe that if you picked
your nose your brain would cave in...— mr bogtrotter