i blame ghostbuster's for this: there was a ghost toilet that had teeth or something and for some reason that meant that the toilet would explode when i flushed it. so everytime i was ready to flush, i would open the door, hit the handle and run as fast as i could to get away just in case.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to think if I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G
- I used to beleive that if you flushed the toilet that it would explode and all the water would shoot out.— Michelle
- I believed everytime the toilet flushed a wave broke on a beach— Jenelle
- 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