when i was 6,i used to live in a house where our next door neighbours owned a huge pitbull terrier dog and each time i would go into the backyard it would bark and i got scared.
My toilet faced the neighbours house and everytime i went to do a wee or poo, i would do it quickly as i thought the dog would get through the pipes and bite my bum off.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that santa came to your house at a different time depending on where you live.
— santa 1:00 am - 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 when you moved house you swapped house with the person moving into your old house.Anon
- when i was young i believed that when u moved house the house would come with you !!!
just like a turtleAnon - The Whit house down the street was the real "White House". — SG
- I used to believe that if you opened up an umbrella inside your house that the whole house would fly awayAnon