My older sister told me [mind you I was in 3rd grade] that If I went to the bathroom a monster would come out of the toliet and try to pull me in or eat my butt. So whenever I would use the bathroom I would constantly lean up and check just to make sure no monsters were coming...lol :)

Megan :D

I used to be super scared of using the toilet because i thought a snake lived in the pipes and it would come up and bite me if i took too long.

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After watching 'Jaws' when I was about 4, me and my sister used to think that Jaws would come and bite our bums off while we were on the loo.

Da frog

ok I know most ppl prob done this but I was sooo scared at the time, when I had to use the bathroom I had to reach the last step downstairs before the toilet stopped flushing or the ghost would get me, sometimes my older bro would stop me gettin down, I would scream the house down, I can remember runnin down stairs still pullin y pants up , how innocent

tara

when i was a kid i used to think that when you pooped and peed and then fluched it down the toilet it was feeding monsters in the sewers and that if you didn't use the bathroom too often that they would starve and come up looking for food.

T-bop

When i was like 7 or 6 or something, i used to believe that the toilet was the home of evil assiduating seductive horror monsters that came up when you were poopin and stuffed your butthole with toilet paper. I didnt use the toilet for weeks, so we lots of crap all over the house...literally.

bob

My little brother was afraid of toliets cuz he thought monkeys would jump out of his butt.

~~~ Crazy Bro ~~~

I don't know why.. but, I used to believe that Freddy Krueger would come up out of the toilet when you flushed. So.. I would stand up and put my pants back on and stand as far away from the toilet as a flushed and then run out and slam the door behind me as fast as I could.

A Wild Cowgirl

I used to think that if I stayed around and waited for the toilet to finish flushing then a monster would come out and chase me so i would have to run into my room before the toilet got done flushing! I also had to check behind the shower curtains so there was no murderer behind them!

Anna

When I was 5 years old, my mom and grandmother took my sister and I on a trip to Disney World. On the flight to Disney World, I had to go to the bathroom. I asked my mom to walk me, but she said the bathrooms were to small for 2 people to fit, so i went by myself. Well, after i was done going to the bathroom, i went to flush the toilet...to my surprise, the toilet made a huge and very loud suckion noise. I got scared and tried to open the door...but it was STUCK! I began to scream VERY LOUD, and cry, i banged and kicked on the door until 3 flight attendants came to my rescue. To my surprise, everyone on the plane was looking my way with concern. Bottom line, I was afrain the toilet would suck me in! I'm married now, and i still stare at the toilet everytime it flushes.

Jennifer Bagnaschi

When I was little I thought that if I sat on the toilet while it flushed I'd go with it. I also used to be scared that if I sat on the toilet when my dad had forgotten to put the lid back down I'd go in and drown

TLK_

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

Arachnaphobia - fear of spiders - always struck me most in the bathrooms. I was afraid to sit down without check under the seat to make sure there were no spiders coming up.
Of course, when camping in public camp sites, this is still my concern :-)

Anon

When I was little I used to have a big fear of demons. So I started to believe that if you flushed the toilet while still sitting on it you would be sucked into hell and demons would spread poop all over you. I had a similar belief about the bath tub drains.

The Rodian

In first grade I would always be afraid to flush the toilet because I thought that was how robbers got in to your house because one time my friend had said someone broke into her house after she'd used the bathroom.

Girlie

I was convinced that there giant tarantulas living behind the toilet and if I flushed the toilet they would know i was there. So i would flush the toilet and then run away as fast as a i could incase the they attacked me.

Anon

I used to beleive until I was like 7 that if I didn't hurry and run out of the bathroom after I flushed something would come out of the drains and eat me

Kiimmy

I used to believe that when I flushed the toilet, a monster would come out, so I washed my hands before I flushed, and right after I flushed, I ran out of the bathroom.

Anon

I used to believe that a huge snake would crawl up the toilet and bite me on the bum... i was terrified of the toilet until i was about 9! But the worst part is that there aren't any snakes in my country!

Scared of snakes

My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil!

Claire