When I was young, I had some bathroom fears... One of the worst ones was this:
I was terrified that if I stayed in the bathroom when I flushed the toilet, a drain dwelling ghost would come out and get me. So I'd flush and run.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- i used to be scared to use the bathroom becuase i believed something lived in the toilet.— robert allen freeman the fourth
- 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
- i used to belive that when you flush a toilet on an aeroplane you get sucked down— milly