When I was nine, I watched Stephen King's IT, and couldn't take a shower without my mom being there or at least the door open because I thought that the clown was gonna come out of the shower drain and get me. I figured if I had the door open she could at least hear me scream.
A childhood belief about bathrooms
others believed things like this
- My sibs and I thought that the screen door was called the "scream door" so Mom could yell at us through it. — Kyle
- I thought if I left the door open too long, a dog would come from the cupboard in the washroom and eat me
Anon - i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex - I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower
- in this TV show i saw a snake coming up from the drain so everytime i take a shower i go really fast!— scared person
- I used to think that trolls lived in my shower drain and showered with my dirty water— Troll bather