When I was about 6 I heard my dad tell my mom the house would explode if all three toilets were flushed at the same time. He was joking of course, but from then on I was always afraid to flush the toilet.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I used to beleive that if you flushed the toilet that it would explode and all the water would shoot out.— Michelle
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- 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