I used to think that every time you flushed the toilet, it would get mad and wonder who did it. I decided that the way to prevent it unleashing its terrible wrath upon me was to run out of the washroom before the toilet was done flushing. You then had to pretend that you never went to the bathroom so it wouldn't suspect you. I think I believed this until I was about nine.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- 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 I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G
- I believed everytime the toilet flushed a wave broke on a beach— Jenelle
- I used to think if you didnt get up before flushing the toilet would eat you...Anon
- i used to think when it started raining it was god flushing the toilet— edel