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Thanatophobi An Irrational Fear Of Clowns

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Everyone has a fear. Whether your fear is rational, for example being afraid of spiders or heights or whether it is an irrational fear like being afraid of subway gates or cotton balls. My two fears are of clowns which is called coulrophobia and of death which is called Thanatophobia. My First fear I guess I would consider it as an irrational fear is Coulrophobia. This fear started when I was about two or three years of age. My Mom and Dad took me to New York City to watch the Ringling Brothers circus. After the show, my Father thought it would be a great idea to take me down by the clowns and take a picture of me with them. What ended up happening was, me screaming and crying and ending up with a fear of clowns. Another reason I am afraid

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