My grandma told me that if I didn't stop, my stomach would get really big, then it would explode. I believed her until I got in the 8th grade and studied the digestive tract.
A childhood belief about picking my nose

others believed things like this
- My family told me that if I ate uncooked oatmeal that it would swell up and my stomach would explode.— david
- When I was little, I believed that if I didn't go to the bathroom quick enough, I would actually explode.— Coco S.
- I believd that if you ate popping candy and drank softdrink just afterwards your stomach would explode— Kat
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- When I was younger I believed that if I were approching too much my TV it would explode.— Antho8=>
- I once believed that if you touched hamburger meat, it would explode!— Dipaloe