coulrophobia

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Clown [2016] Coulrophobia Kicked Up A Notch

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 24 May 17

About ten years ago it became 'cool' to have a fear of clowns. I never trusted clowns but never made direct avoidance of them. There have been tons of movies made about clowns – from the funny to the scary – clowns are almost...

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Do You Have Coulrophobia?

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 1 Oct 16

What is coulrophobia? It is the fear of clowns. Imagine that, I thought everyone loved a clown. They are silly, funny and entertaining. I was apprized to learn that many children and adults are scared, some down-right...

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Afraid of clowns?

mjcookie @mjcookie (2271) • Philippines 11 Mar 10

Coulrophobia is the term for the fear of clowns. My friend probably has one. I found out that it isn't something to be laughed at just as what we used to do. One day, I even sent her a short clip of Pennywise (the clown from the...

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Anyone suffers from coulrophobia (fear of clowns)??

phobeea @phobeea (52) • Indonesia 1 Aug 09

I've been afraid of clowns since I was toddler, I don't remember if I had bad experience with clowns, I even asked my parents if I had bad experience I might not remember, but they also said nothing, but they remembered that I was...

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Coulrophobia : Phobia of Clowns.

scarislegend @scarislegend (92) • United States 22 Mar 07

Does anyone else suffer from this phobia? I do. It's a pretty extreme/severe case for me. I'm not sure what sparked it. It wasn't the movie IT. I haven't ever even seen that movie and obviously don't plan to. According to my...

3 Reasons Clowns have a bad Reputation (and deserve it!)

jennybeans @jennybeans (912) • United States 14 Feb 07

1. John Wayne Gacy 2. Stephen King's IT!3. Clowns have their own phobia tag:coulrophobia Those are reasons enough for me to run the other way when I see a clown coming. How about you? How do you feel about clowns?

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