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I used to believe that if I was too close to the toilet when flushing it, I would get sucked in. I would typically get as far away from the toilet as possilbe after flushing.

AWB

Up untill i was 10 years old i was fearfull of toilets. i thought that when you flushed, the water would suck you down along with...you know. So one day in my 4th grade class there was a new girl, Mellony. (i later found that she had the same fear as me) so she and i went into the girls bathroom, and there was a stall that we thought was haunted. My new friend dared me to go to the bathroom inside of the "haunted" stall. even though i was afraid, i was known for being a dare devil and taking risks (yeah, right) so with fear i slowly eased into the stall. little did i know that Mellony was not so nice she shut the door and leened against it so i couldnt get out! She said that once i flushed it i could get back out, just i she was saying this i screetched so loud that three teachers rushed into the bathroom two of which were male. they asked why my friend was leening against the door, she later was taken to the principals office for scaring a child (ewwww she in trouble now, she leened agaisnt a bathroom door, GASP) i was let free and still remained fearful of toilets untill i was 11.

Ryans Gal

I used to believe that the "things" do not go anywhere when I flush and they wait there to become a huge hand!!It would wait to be huge enough to come out and pull me into the toilet..!!However,I was always brave enough to flush :)

cactus

I was scared that if I peed too much, the toilet would flood

scarlett

For some reason at the school i went to growing up, we told all these scary stories about things that went on in the bathroom, not just the bloody mary urban myth, but looking back im pretty sure we made up alot on our own. There was so many of these scary stories that all my friends and i became terrified of being in the bathroom... as if you went in a certain stall or something that you would be brutally murdered by some guy that apparently "hid" in there. we all bought every story too. well, all of us sub-conciously decided (on our own) that when you flushed the toilet that was the peak of your vulnerability. (who knows? dont ask.) so i would always wash my hands first and then flush the toilet, and then sprint out of the bathroom. i wasnt the only one either.. some of my friends would have to go with other people and open the stall door before they flushed. who knows how we came up with this!?!?

*flush!!*

When I was young I had phobias about everything, but especially when it came to flushing the toilet. I believed that flushing the toilet sent a signal to a witch who knew that you were alone in the bathroom and could come and snatch you up. Well, the bathroom on the first floor of our house was HUGE and it was quite a distance from the toilet to the door. More often that not, I wouldn't flush and just ran out. My brother and I fought over that for years, because he thought I was just gross and didn't understand I was terrified of the bathroom witch!!!

Susan

I used to get a little scared after spending too much time on the toilet- I had this odd fantasy of a gang of half-friendly half-very-bad if I thought about them too much cartoon type characters or other creatures that would hang out right behind me as I sat on the toilet, living in the toilet tank or right behind me. I would hurry up and get out of there if I thought about them too much, and I thought of them mostly as ducks, with some little tiny humans. I'm not sure where that came from....

RayRayRachel

When i lived at my grandmothers house, her house was build in 1962, and her toilet was never changed, slime was everywhere, no windows in the bathroom. Well, when i was about 7 years old, when i go to the bathroom, its creepy dark, i turn on the light, and sometimes hope no monster will jump outta the toilet and chase me, so whew, i was even scared to get closer, but i had to poop really bad, so, when I lift the old toilet lid, my heart starts pounding, so before i lift the lead, i keep the door open so if a monster comes out, i can run for my life, so, i always hope there is no dead head floating in the toilet, so i open it shaking, and ... poop...then i flush the toilet while sitting, water sparked on my bum, ahhhhh!!!, i jumped and thought it was the head, so, i hurried and wiped my bum and ran for my life without turning the lights off or flushing the toilet... whew, needless to say, my grandmothers toilet never changed, and i never used it again.

Josh R.

I used to be scared of flushing the toilet 'cause I thought there was a ghost in it. LOL

Anon

I thought that if I sat on the toilet (as opposed to "hovering"), crabs would jump up and bite my butt.

My friend's mother had tried to tell me about pubic lice, and I was all confused, thinking that hoards of sea-crabs lived under the rim of the bowl.

Ele

I used to believe that sewer of WC (Water Closet) is the way to Hell so when I used to push flash I never used to see it till it finishes but I used to ran away to save myself.

Syed Arbab Ahmed from Karachi,Pakistan

I always thought the toilet was gonna swallow me up...I would always run from the flushing sound thinking that was it's growl....I also thought rats were gonna climb out...

Usagi Ohkami

when i was about 7 or 8 i thought that when i flushed the toilet a huge monster will come out of he toothbrush drawer and take me into the toilet :(

Anon

When I was 5 or 6 my best friend convinced me that the devil lived in the sewer and if you weren't fast enough when you used the toilet he'd come up and poke your butt with a sword.

Xan

i used to believe that there was a gorilla living in our toilet, and if you spent too much time on the pot that he would stick his finger up your butt. needless to say, i learned to be very quick about using the toilet!

sarah

When I was about 8, my mum's friend told me about a guy who had a pet python. She said that it went down his toilet and came out in the person's toilet next door. For ages I thought that a snake would come out of our toilet so I used to get my older sister to come with me whenever I went to the toilet!

Emma

I used to be so scared of flushing the toilet that before i would I would open the door, flush, then sprint down the hall to my parents so then the monster that was growling in the toilet couldn't eat me.

anj

When i was about 9, i thought that because there were rats in the sewers a giant rat would climb up grab me then pull me down into the sewers through the toilet :(

Assassin

i used to believe that if you flushed the toliet and didnt get out of the bathroom in under a minute the vampires inh the sewers would come and drag you down the toliet

Anon