I believed that when I went #2 in the toilet a giant spider would come up from the hole in the bottom and bite my bum. Needless to say, I wasn't potty trained until I was 4.
A childhood belief about weeing and pooing

others believed things like this
- When I was 8 I thought a spider lived in the toilet and would bite me if I sat on it.— Mike
- When I was liitle, I used to believe that if a spider would bite me than I would become Spider-Man!!!— IronManxD
- I thought there was a beaver living in the toilet that would bite me if I wasn't ever vigilant. — Camille
- I used to think people had a "potty mouth" if they had been drinking out of the toilet.Anon
- I used to beleive if a bug were to bite you, you would become a giant bug.Anon
- My mother used ot tell me that if I picked my nose the 'Nose Spider' would bite my finger off.— Melanie