When I was little I used to worry excessively. My mom told me that if I kept worrying so much I would get a "hole" in my stomach (meaning a tumor). I then began to worry even more about my belly button opening up and people being able to see all my insides.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that playing with your belly button would lead to your insides pouring outAnon
- 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
- when i was younger (8 or 9) and i farted my dad used to tell me not to worry, that my bum just coughed.— james
- I thought my parents had written "Don't Worry, Be Happy".Anon
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.