I thought as a very young child that when you had diarrhea, that you were pooping out poison...and you couldn't get it on you, or you would become infected.
A childhood belief about weeing and pooing

others believed things like this
- If you touch your bellybutton, it will get infected.Anon
- My nephew (age 7) thought tampons were plugs for diarrhea. Anon
- I thought the mole on my arm was from a bug pooping on my arm a long time agoAnon
- My brother used to be scared to poop in the potty. He thought that he was pooping out his bones.— Lillyth
- As a young child I thought plumbers were men who sold Plumbs!— peta
- As a young child I thought that sheep and poodles were the same animal.— Jane