I used to have a major problem with sucking my thumb. Well one day my dad got annoyed with it and told me a story.. "If you suck it too much, you will gnaw off the skin on your thumb and only your bones will be left!!!!" Well that night I immediatly wrapped a sock around my hand and slept with my hand under my pillow to resist the urge!.. I am proud to admit that I havent sucked my thumb since then!:P
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
- I used to believe that your thumb would come off if you sucked your thumb too much— Anonymous
- My mother told me that if I kept sucking my thumb I would grow another one out the side of the first one.Anon
- My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb. — Traumatized
- my nana told my brother that if he continued sucking his thumb, it would turn into a matchstick. — tracy g
- My mom told me that if you suck your thumb, wourms would crawl up out of the ground and eat it up!— Kat