I was always terrified of toilets as a child and believed monsters could come out when you flushed, so I'd get as far out of the cubicle as I could while still in reach to flush, and then hurtle out of there as fast as possible so the monster wouldn't catch me.
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to beleive that you could catch yourself sleeping if you woke up fast enough.— Amber
- I used to beleve when i was 4 that the flush on the toilet was to wake up toilet monsters.— Millie
- I used to believe that monsters lived in my toilet and they ate my poop and urine when i flushed the toilet.Anon
- I believed alligators lived in toilets, and one apparently got hold of my sister.Anon
- I used to believe that the priest was God because everytime a child cried, he wouldn't be talking.Anon
- I believed everytime the toilet flushed a wave broke on a beach— Jenelle