I used to believe that my bellybutton was like a little seal and if I prodded it too much, I would break through to my stomach. Even now, I'm still really nervous about touching my bellybutton even though I'm an adult!
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- If you touch your bellybutton, it will get infected.Anon
- That if you fiddled with your bellybutton it would unscrew your bum and it would fall off— Sundaeg1rl
- I thought liposuction was squeezing the fat out of your bellybutton. Too bad it's not that easy...— Angela
- I was told when young that if i kept poking my bellybutton my bum would drop off.— vicky
- when i was 5, i thougt my outie bellybutton was a third eye that opens when im a sleep.— bellyeye????
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft