I had to eat to feed the creature inside my belly. If I didn't eat enough or went too long without getting food then he would get mad and start growling and punching my insides. The only way to make him happy was to eat until I felt stuffed.
A childhood belief about eating

others believed things like this
- 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 believe that playing with your belly button would lead to your insides pouring outAnon
- i use to bleave that a belly buttion was another mouth on my body and i will try to feed it— come on down and lets play tpir!
- I believed that the inside of a tomato was a small, living creature and I flatly refused to eat that bit.Anon
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- I used to believe if I fed my cat dog food that he would turn into a dog or start acting like one— Clodagh