When I was young my best friend and next door neighbor told me that when you flush the toilet an evil witch comes out and sucks you down. I believed this for a really long time, longer than i'd like to say. Even now, if I'm alone in the house and go to the bathroom I leave the door open so i can run out faster. I'm 20.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- When I was 3, my neighbor told me she was a witch and she said Godzilla was going to step on my house.— Grayson
- I thought if I left the door open too long, a dog would come from the cupboard in the washroom and eat me
Anon - My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- My sibs and I thought that the screen door was called the "scream door" so Mom could yell at us through it. — Kyle
- i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex - I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower