When I was little my mother told me that if I stayed in the tub too long I would turn into a prune, and I believed her entirely, I thought that the purpleish wrinkled skin would continue to progress and that I would spend the rest of my life in the pantry. This also made me think that eating prunes was cannabalism, which I knew about from my grandfather's tall tales (that I didn't know were tall tales).

Katie

when i was little, i used to think that the water coming out of your faucet was comin from the ocean, and if u ran the water too long, then little fishies and stuff would come out, and if your bathtub was clogged, i thought that meant a shark was trying to come through.

joc

When I was about 4 we had a bathtub w/ feet. I would never ever go into that bathroom b/c I didn't want the tub to have any opportunity to chase me around.

Stormy

When I was little (and this only happened in my own house) if I went into the bathroom and the shower curtain was closed, I would yank it back to make sure there wasn't anyone there, waiting to kill me while I was peeing. Sad thing is, I'm 16 and I still do it.

Lisa

I used to believe that all bathrooms had a 'good light' and a 'bad light'. That is becauese in my home, there are 2 lights, a noisy, dim light, and a quiet, bright light. For some reason, I could not grasp the concept of a FAN!!! I also had to pee with the door open, so if a killer popped out of the shower, i could make a clean getaway.

Justin Bailey

I used to believe that if you took a shower and kept your eyes closed for too long blood would come from the shower head like in this old horror movie i saw. I still get a little freaked out when I wash my hair.

Inchy

When I was younger, I used to believe that sharks could get into the bathtub and eat me. My dad used to add the soap before I went to take my bath. I was scared that if the water was cloudy, a shark could be hiding in there and I wouldn't know it until it was too late. I seriously wouldn't take a bath unless the soap was added after I got in so I could check for sharks. To this day whenever I take a bath, I still have the habit of adding soap after I get in. :)

little girl big imagination

I used to believe I could put my hand under the hot tap and hold it there - of course I ran the water for a long time, dipping my hand quickly in and out till my hand 'got used to the heat' then I could hold my hand under.... I actually was running the hot water out- found that out early on when dad busted me doing my little experiment.

Anon

After watching the movies Volcano and Dante's Peak when I was WAY too young, I was afraid to take a shower or bath for a week because I used to believe lava would come out of the taps.

Leah

I used to believe that when you pooped in the toilet it went down to a witches kitchen and she made cookies out of it and tries to make people eat them

Anon

i used to believe if i remained in the tub when my mom pulled the plug i would go down the drain with the water. (i didn't like escalators either)

Anon

I have a brother a year older than me who would always tell me creepy stuff... He told me that if I went under water in the bath tub that Puritans would come up and suck me into the drain and make me practice their religion and if i didnt i would get killed......i took showers ever since

Annie

When I was around 4 or 5, I had just learned how to take a shower. To help me feel more comfortable doing it on my own, my parents got a plastic cover for the shower head in the shape of a clown's face. He was smiling widely, and the water came through his open mouth.

It terrified me. I was convinced that it was alive and watching me, and if I took my eyes off of it for one second, it would seize the opportunity to attack. I remember groping blindly for shampoo and soap because I knew I could not look away if I wanted to escape the shower.

Kim

When I was in junior high school I thought that shampoos "for dry hair" gave you dry hair and shampoos "for oily hair" gave you oily hair. I always bought the shampoo for dry hair and didn't understand why anyone would ever buy the shampoo for oily hair... I mean, who would want oily hair?

Jon

I used to believe that stepping on our (battery operated) scales would most certainly lead to death by way of electrocution if there was even so much as one drop of water on your body. Too many safety videos at school, I guess.

I freaked out one day when my mom stepped on the scale before she finished blow-drying her hair. I thought it was a fluke that she didn't get shocked and continued to manuever my way around the bathroom very carefully for years, making sure not to touch the scales after my bath.

Erin

I was always told not to swallow toothpaste when brushing my teeth. Naturally I came to assume that the product was poisonous and I vowed never to touch the stuff again. I got over this fear a few years later but the damage to my dental record will never be undone...

Anon

When I was little, I asked my mom what the hole at the top of the bathroom sink was. (the overflow protection drain hole)
She told me that was for the water company to watch to make sure I wasn't using too much water. Sounded true to me at the time!

BJ

In the apartments where we lived when I was little the drain was kind of slow I guess and the bottom of the tub would fill up with a couple of inches of dirty soapy water. I would stand as far away from the deeper end of the tub as possible because I thought evil fairies riding fish would come up through the drain and bite me and poke me with little sticks and things.

no

I used to think that whenever the toilet was flushed it was emptied into a closet in the basement (the pipes were in the wall behind the closet so it always sounded like the toilet flushed into the closet)

I was afraid to open the closet until I was 8 (although I always wondered how it was emptied)

TK

I used to believe that a baby shower was a tiny bathtub with a showerhead just for the baby.

Amy