i used to bite my nails down to the quick.. my mom told me that if i kept doing that i would get an infection and a lump would form under my arm and they'd have to cut my arm off..
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- I beleived that if i bit my fingers then the nails in my stomach would soon form a hand and rip up my insides!— Amanda T.
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura
- When I was little and had an ear infection I used to tell my parents I had a mouse in my ear.— Alison
- i used to believe that i could get a yeast infection by eating raw dough!Anon
- I used to believe that a yeast infection was something you could get from eating "bad" bread.— Lauren