I used to believe that whenever i would use the toilet and flush it that i would get sucked down into the pipes. So i would run out f the bathroom right when iflushed and when my little brother started using the bathroom, i would always check to make sure that he didn't get flushed down, too.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- i used to belive that when you flush a toilet on an aeroplane you get sucked down— milly
- someone told me that if u go to the bathroom on the toielt you would get sucked inn..— terrified child
- 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 believe that if you didn't close the toilet lid after flushing, you would get sucked down into it.— Maya
- 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 believe that Limabeans would kill you if you didn't eat them.
I flushed them down the toilet.— Lima