Until I was about 10 I believed that when I flushed the toilet Gremlins from the film would come out and get me.
This led me to flushing the loo and running for my life down the hall.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I believed everytime the toilet flushed a wave broke on a beach— Jenelle
- I used to believe that monsters lived in my toilet and they ate my poop and urine when i flushed the toilet.Anon
- I used to believe that if I flushed the toilet before I showered, I would take a shower in dirty toilet water.— Chris D
- I used to think if you didnt get up before flushing the toilet would eat you...Anon
- I used to think if I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G
- i used to think when it started raining it was god flushing the toilet— edel