I was about 3, when my toilet overflowed right in front of me! I was so afraid that I regressed to using the plastic potty. I had nightmares for years of it overflowing, or getting sucked in. I was so afraid that I either wouldn't flush, or flush and run. Then when I was about 7 or 8 I actually rationalized in my dreams that the toilet wasn't an enemy, but a friend. To this day, I still feel anxiety if I have to unclog the commode, but I guess that's to be expected considering what happened.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- i used to belive that when you flush a toilet on an aeroplane you get sucked down— milly
- I used to beleve when i was 4 that the flush on the toilet was to wake up toilet monsters.— Millie
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- when i was little i told my brother that when it rained it was gods toilet overflowing— Lisa J
- I used to be afraid that "boney Legs", a witch from a story Lived in the toilet. Anon
- I used to think people had a "potty mouth" if they had been drinking out of the toilet.Anon