i am 15 and just gave up sucking my thumb (haven't done it for about 2 weeks now) and the ownly reason i stopped was because i was told that if i didn't that in a few years my teeth would end up sticking right out of my mouth!
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- my brother stopped me sucking my thumb by telling me the scissor man would come and cut it off
he was evilAnon - I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- 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 mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv