I used to be scared ****less (excuse the pun) of the toilet as, for a few weeks, when I flushed it the water would rise abnormally to the very top of the loo and stop there just before flooding. I thought it was doing it only to me as it was evil or something and to nobody else. It turned out tree roots had grown into the sewer pipes...
A childhood belief about fear of

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I flushed the toilet before I showered, I would take a shower in dirty toilet water.— Chris D
- I used to beleive that if you flushed the toilet that it would explode and all the water would shoot out.— Michelle
- I used to believe that monsters lived in my toilet and they ate my poop and urine when i flushed the toilet.Anon
- I used to think if I left the toilet seat open my cat would get flushed down the toilet.— G
- I used to believe that grown-ups got scared because they were so high off the ground.— Sammy
- I used to believe that the toilet would suck me down if I flushed it.— :-)