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A childhood belief about fear of

My friend Aliana told me in 1st grade that a ghost had come out of the toilet in the big stall in the girls bathroom and had written "GET OUT! GO AWAY!" in blood on the mirror, and my friend Beth ( who had moved) had gotten killed and eaten and that's why she wasn't at school anymore. So, then I was scared of the loud noise the toilet flushing made, afraid that the ghost would come out, so since my hands were all pee-y, I'd cover my ears with my elbows and go and and wash my hands, not looking in the mirror, and RUN OUT of the bathroom!! I even did that at home. My parents thought I was weird...

— Alexandra B., 12

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