When I was very young I was positively convinced that flushing the toiltet would unleash an evil genie upon me. As such, on the rare occasions that I did flush, I'd race out the door and slam it behind me.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- David Bowie - Jean Genie
"The Jean Genie lives on his back
The Jean Genie loves cheesy snacks"— Santa Puncher - I was convinced that children weren't humans, only adults were, children were a total different race!— Leda
- I actually thought that when I grew up I could be a Genie.— Alex
- i used to think that my sister was a genie and flew a magic carpet at nightAnon
- I used to think that blue was a natural hair color but it as very rare, even rarer than ginger.Anon
- I used to believe that politicians actually ran (like in a race) for office.— m