sucking my thumb

When I was younger, about 4, I used to suck my thumb. One day, my dad went to the Movie rental store with me and found this one mover cover that shows a monster coming out of somebody's mouth. He suddenly said, "That's gonna happen to you if you keep sucking your thumb."
Eversince then I was to afraid to even put my thumb near my mouth (up until I was 7 though)

TK

When i was little i used to believe that if you stuck your fingers in your mouth worms would grow in your mouth. I stopped doing that after a while because i was so scared.

Lisa

When i was little my mom told me that if i didnt stop sucking my thumb then it would turn as pruney as my great-grandmother. I was about to fall aslep one night and my thumb automatically went to my mouth. The next day i called my great-grandmother and told her to straighten herself out because i wanted to suck my thumb

SwtLilGrl

my mum told me that if i sucked my thumb it would fall off, my teacher told me it was a lie though so i was nolonger scared after that.

rudiger2

i used to think that if i didn't suck my finger i would die. so i carried on for ages and now i have a wartish thing on my thumb and sometimes when i don't reolize i find my thumb in my mouth!!!

rudiger2

My mother told me when i was 5 that Santa wouldn't come if i kept sucking my thumb.

Traumatized

When i was little, my mom would say to me " If you don't stop sucking your thumb, it will turn out to be a stick jsut like a lolipop".....

Helen

I used to suck my thumb all the time as a child. One day, my older sister came home from school and said that her teacher had told her that if you suck your thumb for too long, as an adult, your thumb would swell up and explode. Aahhh!

Jennie

When I was little, I heard my mom telling my older brother that if he continued to suck his thumb, it would fall off, or become mis shaped, and that's why auntie didn't have one. i was terrified and never sucked my thumb!

jayjay

I believed if I sucked on my thumb too long, or stayed in the bathtub for too long, I'd turn into a raisin. Thanks to my mother.

Cat

My cousin once told me that if i continued sucking my thmb (i was 6) that it would turn green i stopped pretty quickly after that. Bad luck 4 me although my thumb didnt fall off i had to have a plate to correct my jaw from sucking my thumb!!!!!!!!!

Lauren

I used to be beliefe if I sucked my thumb my thumb will be shrink and gone. Then i stopped to suck my thumb

:)

I was always told to stop sucking my thumb by other people but never my parents I even had a baby sitter put all sorts of stuff on it to get me to stop but I never did...and to this day I still suck it I'm almost 18, and my parnets still don't say anything this is actually more of a lack of displine story than thumb sucking, but I think the only way to stop is to WANT to or to have it fall off...none of my friends know I do it!....I still haven't decided if I wanna tell my husband I do it or just try to quit when I get married one day... :P

ya never know

i didnt start sucking my thumb untill i was about 6 or 7 when i saw my younger brother doing it and to this day (i'll be truning 16 in a few days) its the only thing that will calm me down. lol sad i know

TT

hi! when I was only 4 years uld my mom said that I should stop sucking my thumb and if I didn''t Iwould have big teeth and turn into a beaver!

Sarah Spriggs-It never did happen

my mother was able to stop me from sucking my thumb by telling me it would rust and fall off!!

lv