When I was little, I asked my older sister what the flushing of the toilet was. She didn't give me a direct answer, but she told me never to be sitting on the toilet or have the lid open when you flush it. I became convinced that it was some sort of monster that would try to eat me, and then (I don't know how this part got into my head) I became convinced that if I made it past the toilet, the monster would come out of the bathroom closet. So I would do my stuff, close the lid, wash my hands, then flush the toilet and bolt for the door, making sure the closet door was closed.
It made me quicker in the bathroom.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I used to beleve when i was 4 that the flush on the toilet was to wake up toilet monsters.— Millie
- I used to believe that if you didn't close the toilet lid after flushing, you would get sucked down into it.— Maya
- I used to think if I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G
- i used to belive that when you flush a toilet on an aeroplane you get sucked down— milly
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- I used to believe that their was a toilet monster named johny.— sexyallie_69