I used to have a really bad habit of chewing my nails. My mom said that whenever you chewed them (and swallowed/ chewed them) it was cutting up your insides and eventually you'd die. To this day, I never chew my nails!
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- 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.
- I used to be scared that if I chewed my cuticles and swallowed a piece of skin, I would become a cannibal. Anon
- When I was little my dad told me that if I chewed on aluminum foil I would pick up radio stations. — Alex Allegretto
- i used to beleive that if you chewed gum it woul give you warts in your mouth my sister told me this— sunney jim of the pearl
- I wasn't allowed to cut my nails on a sunday , don't ask me why.— martin
- That bitng my nails would cause worms in my tummyAnon