I loved to chew things as a youngster - shirts, fingernails, you name it. At one point, I went on this hair-chewing spree - the ends of my hair were in my mouth all the time. My aunt, a nurse, told me that if I kept on chewing my hair, it would all get stick somewhere in my stomach and plug up my stomach hole. Even after two years of biology, I still can't figure out if she was lying or telling me the truth...
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- I was told that if you chew your hair you end up with a hairball in your stomach and DIE!!!!!— Cat
- My mum always told me to stop chewing my hair or else i would get a hairy chest! hee, hee! x— Kirsty
- My Mom used to tell us that if you bit your fingernails, they would cut a hole in your stomach.— Linda B
- I used to think that everybody's hair was black and if you had blond hair, you dyed your hair.— ~_~CoolKid93_~_
- my mom made me believe that if i swallowed my chewing gum, it would form one big wad in my stomach.— mimi
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon