I was told (repeatedly by my father) that if you play with your bellybutton you would bleed to death. This has had a horrific effect on my sex life.
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I started menstruating, I would bleed to death from losing too much blood.— Debbie
- I used to think that if a fly didn't bleed when it was swatted, it would come back to life.Anon
- When I was little, I used to believe that my Barbie's would come to life while I was asleep to plot my death!— Kimbre
- My mum told me that if you sniffed poppies your nose would bleed.— Karen
- My older brother told me that everytime you sneezed your lungs would bleed. I believed this until I was 21!— Gem
- I was told when young that if i kept poking my bellybutton my bum would drop off.— vicky