I overheard a friend of my grandmothers talking about her hemorrhoids and how horrible and painful they were. Later I asked my grandmother what hemorrhoids were and she said “they happen when you spend too much time on the potty”. For a good three years I was afraid of the toilet.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I used to believe my father when he told me that if I sat on cold concrete I would get hemorrhoids.Anon
- I used to think people had a "potty mouth" if they had been drinking out of the toilet.Anon
- I used to be afraid that "boney Legs", a witch from a story Lived in the toilet. Anon
- that if i swang high enough on the swing set at my grandmothers house...i could catch a cloud for her.— nicole
- My Grandmother once told me she could unscrew her feet. I believed that for years.— Andy Bettison
- My little sister's imaginary friend was Kit the talking car from that show Knight Rider.Anon