I used to believe if you flushed but still sat on the toilet for a while or didn't get up quick enough a hand would reach out and grab me. So after I was done I would run out the door screaming...my mom thought I was crazy!
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I don't know why. But I always ran away screaming after the toilet flushed.— Bijan
- i used to believe if i was in a plane, i'd be able to reach out, grab part of a cloud and eat it— BOXXXY
- I used to believe that Limabeans would kill you if you didn't eat them.
I flushed them down the toilet.— Lima - 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
- I used to think if I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G