childhood fears...
I found this shirt online and it reminded me of my childhood. I, during a very small part of my life, had a fear of a hand coming up through the toilet and pinching you on the bum while I was siting on it. It came from a skit on Saturday Night Live that I once saw when I was in late elementary school. If I remember correctly one of the characters was telling her doctor that she could not go to the bathroom because there was a hand that came out of her toilet. For some reason I adopted this fear. Because if someone else had that fear, real or not, it must be possible, right?
I don't know when my fear went away but it probably was because I realized that there is no possible way that a person could fit in a toilet and be hidden so I did not see them when I sat down AND some how get their hand up through the toilet. I know I was an odd child but I was not the only one in my family with this fear. Or at least something similar. Lexie always thought that a snake would come out of the toilet and bite her. She also feared bathrooms altogether. Why I don't know.
I was just happy to see this shirt because it made me feel a bit more normal because if someone was going to put it on a shirt then someone else in the world must have had the exact same fear!!
I don't know when my fear went away but it probably was because I realized that there is no possible way that a person could fit in a toilet and be hidden so I did not see them when I sat down AND some how get their hand up through the toilet. I know I was an odd child but I was not the only one in my family with this fear. Or at least something similar. Lexie always thought that a snake would come out of the toilet and bite her. She also feared bathrooms altogether. Why I don't know.
I was just happy to see this shirt because it made me feel a bit more normal because if someone was going to put it on a shirt then someone else in the world must have had the exact same fear!!