When I was very little my mother insisted that we asked for attention when we needed the toilet. For years I thought that what I was saying "I need a tension" and therefore thought that a poo was actually called "a tension".
A childhood belief about weeing and pooing

others believed things like this
- When I was little i thought lb for pounds was pronounced lubs, and i called them that for 2 years. Anon
- I thought that toilet paper was bread and by puting it it the toilet i was feeding the ducks at the bottem.— Gringo
- When I was little I thought that my urine was stored in my scrotum until I needed to wee.— Bryan
- When I was a kid I took two showers becaue I thought my hair was a plant and needed the water to grow— Tim
- My mother's name was Anna. She was called "Annemor"(Duck mama). I was convinced I was a duckling.— Christine Norway
- When I asked my mother how Elvis died, she told me that he ate too much candy. — Katie B