when i was little i used to believe that if you sat down on the toilet for too long that the devil would take his staff and poke you in the butt! so i would never sit completely down on the loo.

Anon

My brothers told me that if you flushed the toilet when you were still sitting on it that it would suck you into the pipes and you would come out in the ocean. They would come into the bathroom and try to flush it before I could stand up. I started to pee in the bushes outside instead.

coutnry hick

When I was little, I somehow got it in my head that if you used the bathroom during a thunderstorm, you would be electrocuted by the lightning. I guess that was because my mom always told me not to go near water when there was lightning because I'd get electrocuted, and there was water in the toilet.

Lydia

After I read the 2nd Harry Potter book, I was convinced that if I flushed the toilet, a basalisk would jump out.

anonymous

I used to believe that if you flushed the toilet, a ghost would come out and kill you for flushing the precious toilet he haunted.

Molly

I used to believe that a monster lived in our plumbing, under the bathroom, and ate everything that went down the drains. Sometimes the plumbing would make a sound that sounded like a burp when the bathtub was draining, and I thought it was the monster burping. I thought that if I flushed the toilet when I was still on it, it would reach through the drain and grab me. Even when I was old enough to know better, I still flushed the toilet with my foot from across the room (and then darted out the door) well into adolescence.

Ceit

I used to believe that a vampire was in the toilet and if you did not get off quick he would bite your but.

Kitten fanatic

when i was little, i was afraid to use the bathroom because my older bro and sis told me that when i had to pee, little green men in the toilet would jump up and bite my "pee pee" and when i had to poo, there was a snake that would jump and bite my butt.

fear the poopie

The first nightmare I ever had was when I was about 4. I dreamed that I had cut a hole in the toilet, + all the waste products from the sewers came rushing out + flooded the house, but I managed to solve this problem by feeding it mints + generally being freindly to it.
For many years after this, I believed I had to befreind each toilet I used, otherwise it might overflow. This involved saying 'hello, how are you? Would you like a drink?' before using a public toilet, + I was conviced that some of them replied. (don't ask).
though this did take quite a while, + I would only use public toilets that I'd used before, in case the ones next to it thought I'd gone off them + made freinds with someone else. that would make them very upset, + they'd overflow.
This went on until I was about 9 or 10.

Nin

I am 12 years old right now but when I was 4 I was in a store when I set down on an automatic toilet and it flushed on me 3 times.To this day i am terrified of those beasty things.

Ciara

When I was younger I used to think that there was a severed hand in the toilet because I watched this show where these college students stole one from a science class to play a prank on their friend. I still check the inside of the toilet before I sit down just incase.

Joe

When I was little(around 5),I was supposed to close the bathroom door after I came out of the bathroom so my dog wouldn't drink out of the toilet or anything. But I thought the door had to be closed so that the monster that sucks up the stuff in the toilet wouldn't suck me up too, and when I heard the flushing noise, I thought it was growling at me.

Keira

When I was little I believed that an evil monster lived in my toilet and would suck out my guts through my bum if i was sitting down when I flushed the toilet

Elle

When I was around 6, my Grandmother told us that snakes would come up from the toilet at her house. So, for years I would try to go as fast as I could and sometimes even try to look and make sure one did come up to get me! Still to this day when I am at her house, the thought will cross my mind and I don't know whether to laugh or "finish as fast as I can"!

Anon

When I was little I used to believe that if you didn't make it to the living room before the toilet finished flushing something would get me. I still run outta habit though...

Karasu

Ever since I watched the movie "IT" (The evil clown movie) I was scared to death of using the toilet! I would go as fast as possible because for some reason I thought that the clown would drag me into the toilet! I still rugh my self when I'm in the bathroom! Same thing when I'm taking a shower, I'm terrified of being dragged into the drain!

Emily

My Grandson is afraid to flush the toilet because he thinks that his poop will come alive and turn into Mr. Poo from Southpark.

I am totally serious, he is 8 years old and refuses to flush.

Mr. Poo's Granny

I used to believe that when you flushed the toilet, you had to run out of the bathroom and touch the vase that was in the hallway. But it had to be done before the toilet finished flushing, or you would die in your sleep that night. I did this for years. I'm almost 30 now, and I still wait until the last second to flush the toilet so I can leave the room before it finishes.

Jessie

I watched this X-Files episode in which this really scary white slimy worm-man crawled through the sewers and attacked people. I was ten at the time and for weeks afterwards wouldn't go to the bathroom unless my mom or dad stood by the door. To this day I get a little creeped out when I flush a toilet, especially if I'm alone or at a rest stop.

Lisa