The first nightmare I ever had was when I was about 4. I dreamed that I had cut a hole in the toilet, + all the waste products from the sewers came rushing out + flooded the house, but I managed to solve this problem by feeding it mints + generally being freindly to it.
For many years after this, I believed I had to befreind each toilet I used, otherwise it might overflow. This involved saying 'hello, how are you? Would you like a drink?' before using a public toilet, + I was conviced that some of them replied. (don't ask).
though this did take quite a while, + I would only use public toilets that I'd used before, in case the ones next to it thought I'd gone off them + made freinds with someone else. that would make them very upset, + they'd overflow.
This went on until I was about 9 or 10.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I thought that toilet paper was bread and by puting it it the toilet i was feeding the ducks at the bottem.— Gringo
- My mum told me that if you eat while you're on the toilet, you're feeding the devil! — Claire
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie
- I used to belive that when I would poop I was feeding all the fishies that got flushed downthe toilet!— Fish Feeder
- I used to believe that when you flushed an aeroplane toilet the waste would just drop out of the plane.Anon
- I used to think that in public toilets, the cleaning lady actually lived in the supply cupboard.Anon