I used to believe that if I could/would untie my belly knot, that there would be a hole there and I would be able to inside my body.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to believe your belly button was a knot that held you together - my parents had wierd anatomical views— anne
- 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 think that my belly button was where I was once shot and that the navel was a healed up bullet hole— Tony
- I used to beleive if your belly button came undone all the air would go out of your body and you would die.— kate
- 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 used to believe in the 'little men' that worked inside your body.Anon