I went to visit a friend as a small child, and while I was there I saw part of a horror movie where a person in a bathtub got turned into a red hand that chased people. I came home so terrified that I didn't want to go anywhere near the bathroom for any reason without my mom with me, I was sure that red hand was going to drag me into the pipes- through the bathtub, down the toilet-
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- That there was a zombie living behind the bathtub in the upstairs bathroom.Anon
- When I was small, my brother would bug me and say that if my hand was bigger than my head, I had a tumor.Anon
- I used to think vending machines had a person inside, who would hand you the item that you'd selected.Anon
- I used to believe that if I fell asleep in the bathtub I would wake up in the sea.— Brenda
- I always believed as a child your stomach was a big hand which squeezed your food out through your bum....— amc