Clown Phobias - Cure your Clown Phobia (Coulrophobia) or Fear of Clowns |
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Where do Clown Phobias come from? | |||||||||
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The fear of clowns (or Coulrophobia) is quite a puzzling phobia simply because it contains none of the key elements that cause phobias. As mentioned in the article Weird Phobias - how do you cure a strange or unusual phobia?, phobias differentiate themselves from fears due to the strength of reaction from the sufferer. This is invariably due to the fact that the internal representation the sufferer makes in their mind contains a fast moving element. This explains why the fear of spiders, snakes, and moths are quite common - it's very easy to imagine these creatures moving quickly towards you. But Clowns? What have Clowns ever done?There are several common elements that come up when people get close to clowns. Most people's first encounter with clowns is within a loud, busy environment as children. Loud noises are one of only two natural fears (the other being a fear of falling) that humans have, so perhaps that is the key more often that not. A clown coming up to someone and, in that moment of slight apprehension (which we'd all have given the general unpredictability of clowns), blasting a horn or squirting water in their face, can easily generate a fight or flight response. It doesn't take much to generalize that single event into a full blown clown phobia, especially within these environments where the adrenaline, apprehension, and excitement are already running a little high. Personally, I've always considered it rather weird that parents tell their children to keep away from strangers, then encourage them to interact with people in strange clothes and/or makeup - clowns, father christmas, street performers etc. What's the easiest way to cure Clown Phobias? |
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The idea that the fear of clowns is somehow different to other phobias because it is often hard to remember the original stimulus is inaccurate. If you can access the fear then you can, with a minimum of effort, fix the phobia. The easiest and quickest way to remove a phobia is to use an NLP Method (read NLP for Phobias - Can you cure a phobia with NLP?). This method is the fast phobia cure which you can either use yourself or get someone to talk you through. You can also walk another person through it should you be hoping to help someone else with their phobia. Are there any products I can buy for curing Clown Phobias?There are probably no specific clown phobia products, well not that I've found, but if you'd prefer not to work though the phobia cure yourself, then you can checkout Richard Bandler's Banishing Phobias CD. Good Luck! |
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