My brothers told me that if you flushed the toilet when you were still sitting on it that it would suck you into the pipes and you would come out in the ocean. They would come into the bathroom and try to flush it before I could stand up. I started to pee in the bushes outside instead.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the toilet would suck me down if I flushed it.— :-)
- i use to believe that if i flushed the toilet when i was still on it would suck me down to who knows whereAnon
- 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 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