i used to be terribly afraid that when i flushed the toilet late at night when nobody else was awake burglars would view the flushing of the toilet as their cue to come running up the stairs and frighten me.(i was terrified of burglars when i was younger.)
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I believed that burglars ate soap & lipstick— Karen
- I used to believe that when I said my prayers, "God Bless..." meant please keep burglars awayAnon
- I used to beleieve (when VERY young; 12 actually!) that cat burglars stole cats!— Woody
- I used to believe that switching the light on and off was morse code to burglarsAnon
- 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