i used to believe that after you flushed the toilet you had to get out of the bathroom as fast as you could or a man would crawl out of it and pull you in with him. until i moved into a new house (and i'm not sure why this is when it stopped) i had to wash my hands in the kitchen sink because i was too scared to stay in the bathroom for too long.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- 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 scoripons could crawl up your toilet and pull you in.
No thanks to my big brother!— Alexandra - when i was little, i thought that you could pull your eyeballs and wash them in your mouth— beak
- when i was younger i thought that when you moved house your house moved with you!!— chrissy
- 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