CLOWNS!!!!Aaaarrrgghhhhh!!!!!

[andrea568]

I am so terrified of Clowns, so much that I can pass out with fear, same with balloons..... so a clown with a bunch of balloons would be the death of me.
I've tried therapy but it didn't work.
I just can't understand why nobody else can see how sinister they are.

Andrea x

[janeybaby25]

don't worry about it hun, my mum is scared of Santa! Have you ever tried hypnotherapy? xx

[yorkylover]

Hi Andrea you are not alone.I dont like clowns either.
I hate that film "IT".I dont like anything with clowns on and I do not like clown dolls.

I wouldnt go to a circus,I dont find clown's funny at all.

[HeatherMc]

What an interesting thread, couple of weeks ago when I was still managing to get to work (I work in a psychiatric unit) we had a conversation about clowns, myself two other medical secretaries, and two consultant psychiatrists, you would be amazed at how many people do not like clowns or find them sinister!

So your phobia is not as strange as you think!

Heather

[reachersgal]

I agree about clowns being sinister - in fact any person dressed up as anything freaks out my kids. (except santa- they seem ok with him)

A few yrs ago I read that hosptal children's depts were stopping using clown pictures to cheer kids up as the opposite was true they were frightened.

my husband, me and kids won't have a clown toy in the house.

Take care

[Granny Primark]

Omg I love clowns!!!!
So much so that one of our bedrooms is done in circus theme with red and yellow material draped from the ceiling like a big top.
It was done for my grandaughter who is 1.
At her 1st birthday party 3 weeks my hubby bought a clown outfit. All the children loved him except for one little boy who was terrified.

[jodie]

hiya

as others have said your not alone ,my sister is just the same she is so scared of them she runs at the sight of one

jodie x

[Granny Primark]

shed run at the sight of me hubby if he wasnt dressed in a clown outfit! lol

[cazzamagui1]

omg i hate clowns even typin the word makes my heart beat faster than it should aaarrrggghhhhhhhh there awful really awful if some1 came to me dressed as 1 i would either cry.... passout or die there just awful :(

[Bill]

I should think the film "IT" came into being because it's such a common phobia. Remember the clown in the film Poltergeist too? Loved that film!

Do you know why you have this phobia?

My guess would be that it stems from childhood and you had a bad experience either with a clown or something in a masked form. I think the fear actually exists because you can't see a clowns face like someone wearing a mask or disguise so it's a fear of what is hidden beneath, the unseen, unknown.

Maybe you like things to be in the open because it's related to "black/white thinking" or a trust issue because you've been hurt or let down but that Really Is a pure guess! I'm just thinking of what I think could be "possible" reasons, just out of interest!

Have you any idea why?

By the way, my mother loves clowns!...........but then she also loves pigs! (Not the ones in human male form like me!!!)