People aren't born with a clown phobia, but they can certainly be genetically predispositioned to have an anxiety disorder. But a specific fear of clowns either comes because you had a traumatic ...

So just what is it about clowns that makes people hide under their seats? Phobia specialist Adam Cox shares a few theories about why we might find them scary. “Firstly, they are unnatural,” he ...

A disabled woman who has an extreme phobia of clowns chasing her in her wheelchair decided to try 'exposure therapy' - by ...

Specific phobias are out-of-proportion fears to objects, animals or situations, and fortunately, they can be treated.

People aren't born with a clown phobia, but they can certainly be genetically predispositioned to have an anxiety disorder. But a specific fear of clowns either comes because you had a traumatic ...

She said clown phobia has forced her and fellow professional entertainers to learn how to read body language and determine if their presence is unwelcome. If a person appears afraid, Loewenhagen said ...

Medically reviewed by Dakari Quimby, PhDA phobia is an extreme irrational fear of something. It is a type of anxiety disorder that emerges, on average, at age 9 or 10. There are different kinds of ...

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