When automatic toilets became common, I was still a little girl. I would always freak out when I had to use an automatic flushing toilet because I thought it was going to suck me into the toilet, and a vicious animal, like a shark or an alligator, was going to eat me. This made me terrified of public restrooms, especially the ones with those types of toilets. Until I was about 15, I dreaded using public restrooms, even though I knew better. Now , I'm just afraid I'm going to drop something into the toilet.
A childhood belief about fear of
others believed things like this
- I thought the "To Let" signs on buildings meant they were public toilets.— Scottish Laddie
- I used to think that in public toilets, the cleaning lady actually lived in the supply cupboard.Anon
- I thought that toilet paper was bread and by puting it it the toilet i was feeding the ducks at the bottem.— Gringo
- I used to think if you didnt get up before flushing the toilet would eat you...Anon
- i used to think when it started raining it was god flushing the toilet— edel
- I was certain that rain was created by God having a pee and flushing his huge toilet above us— Emma H