How Do You Recognize Coulrophobia?
A phobia is a form of anxiety disorder that affects millions of people around the world. Many specific phobias can be tracked back to a specific event, usually something upsetting that occurred in early childhood. While it seems that some phobias defy reason and rationale, if you are affected with that particular phobia, your fears are all too real. Coulrophobia is the fear of clowns and is far from funny. Analyze your feelings towards clowns. While caulrophobia is very common among children, sometimes this lingers into adulthood. If you have exaggerated fears of being near clowns or feelings about clowns that cause you concern or panic, you may have this phobia. Try to recall any incidents in childhood relating to clowns. Since many phobias are triggered by a traumatic incident, if you can remember a bad experience with a clown or were upset by a television show or movie about a clown, you may have true coulrophobia. Know that you are not alone. Coulrophobia is more common than you mi