when i was 6 i used to suck my thumb.. a lot, my mom told me if i keep sucking my thumb,i will go bald,she said thats what happens to thumb suckers.so one day at the store i saw a bald man then i shouted MOMMY THIS MAN IS BALD HE SUCKS HIS THUMB!!i was pointing at him and he gave me wierd looks and my mom was verry embarrased and told me it wasnt true she just wanted me to stop,so when i found it wasnt true,i started doing it again,except one day whn i was brushing my hair i saw alot of hair in it,so i stopped,haha!
A childhood belief about sucking my thumb
others believed things like this
- My friend told me that if you sucked your thumb, your skin would get all mushy and your thumb would fall off.— Lauren
- my brother stopped me sucking my thumb by telling me the scissor man would come and cut it off
he was evilAnon - my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!— lv
- 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