For some reason, the sound of a flushing toilet always scared me more at night than in the daytime, so when I had to go to the bathroom at night, I'd either go without flushing, and promise myself I'd do it first thing in the morning, or flush it and run as fast as I could to my room!
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to believe the sound of a flushing toilet was nearly identical to the 90210 theme. — Laurenne
- 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
- I was certain that rain was created by God having a pee and flushing his huge toilet above us— Emma H
- I used to believe that if you didn't close the toilet lid after flushing, you would get sucked down into it.— Maya
- My best friend used to believe that when it rain and thundered that God was flushing his toilet. — Jelly Bean