I used to believe that there was a snake hiding in the dark hole of the toilet. It took me a long time to actually sit down on the seat and not hover over it.

Anon

When I was little, I used to believe that if I stood too close to an automatic flushing toilet, a monster would come up and drag me down into the pipes.

Meghan

i used to get scared when i was alone in a public bathroom because i thought the toilet would suck me down when i flushed.. i would pee (with the door open, only when alone), then i would wash my hands, go up to the toilet flush it and run out of the bathroom... i still do this sometimes.. im crazy ha ha

Anon

I used to believe that there were monsters in my toilet when I was a kid. I finally decided one day that they got lost in the sewer and were never seen again.

Bones

My dad told me that rats lived in the sewers, and some were as big as cats. He told me they would come up when the lights were out and for years I was terrified of going to the loo at night. I thought they would bite my bum :P and I kept getting off the seat just to check they weren't there.

Lizzie

I used to believe that toilets would open and swallow you up because they got dirty!!

swallowing toilet

When I was a child, our toilet was at the dark end of the house. For some inexplicable reason I thought that a puppet (Loobie Loo) from a popular children's pupet show - Andie Pandie - would grab me if I hadn't gotten away from the toilet before the flush finished.

SteveW

When i was 6-10 i use to believe that there was some weird sea monster in the toilet so when i flushed i would run out to the hall way but naked and pull my pants up so the monster wouldn't get me.

tiny flower jocy

I used to believe that a hand would come out of the toilet bowl, grab me and pull me into the toilet--so i would try to go to the bathroom as quickly as possible and check it often.

Sarah

When I was four my dad and much older brother took me to see Men in Black at the cinemas, and when the shop bloke has his head blown off and grew it back, I became terrified of flushing the toilet incase he grew out of it (I was v.young!). My mum went mad when she realised :D I still get scared flushing the loo now!

Anon

I used to believe that flushing the toilet awoke monsters underneath the bathroom sink. Every time I went to the bathroom I would wait until the VERY last second and then quickly flush and run away.

Anon

I used to believe, that a devil will get me, when i stay too long on the toilet and he will break through the ground or the wall. so every hair on the surface gave me the creeps, cause I thought that are the first cracks. I still feel a little uncomfortable in toilets with closed doors.

Anon

When I was a little girl, my older brother told me that Oscar the Grouch lived in toilets and he would attack at random moments. I tried extra hard to pee without touching the seat for a few years...

Kris

after my grandmother let me watch "The Blob," I was convinced that any time I used the bathroom I was in eminent danger. I thought the blob was going to come up through the toilet and get me. I don't remember if anything like this ever happened in the movie, but for years and years I would never sit down completely on the toilet seat, or I would look down into it while going to the bathroom, just to make sure!

acon

When I was very small I really used to belief the airplanes' toilets released the crap in mid air, like pidgeons. Back then I was very afraid of planes overflying me...

Vicente Spínola

I overheard a friend of my grandmothers talking about her hemorrhoids and how horrible and painful they were. Later I asked my grandmother what hemorrhoids were and she said “they happen when you spend too much time on the potty”. For a good three years I was afraid of the toilet.

Anon

At the zoo near where I live they had this black widow spider that lived in a closed toilet, I was young but my parents still told me it was poisonous, and I swear to God one time it wasn't there! For months I had to check every time I went to the toilet!

Anon

I used to believe that when you flushed the toilet, there was a guy behind the toilet and reached up and grabbed the bowel stuff.... for the longest time as soon as i flushed the toilet I would run out of the bathroom so he couldn't grab me by accident!

Anon

one time when i was 4 there was a roach in the toilet n ever sence i was 7 i would look i nthe toilet before i sit down sumtimes i look now in then u can never be to sure

chelled