Don't paint clowns with the same sponge. Disliking something is not the same as having a phobia. Pennywise could make you jump at the cinema, for example, but a phobia of clowns might cause ...

A disabled woman who has an extreme phobia of clowns chasing her in her wheelchair decided to try 'exposure therapy' - by dressing up as Pennywise and being chased by clowns.

No one I've checked with knows the origin of the word coulrophobia, the term for maladaptive fear of clowns. I've searched many sources, checked with various professionals, and asked a Twitter ...

A disabled woman who has an extreme phobia of clowns chasing her in her wheelchair decided to try 'exposure therapy' - by dressing up as Pennywise and being chased by clowns.

Kerry Greenfield has had a 'paralysing phobia' of the colourful entertainers since stumbling across the 1990 adaptation of Stephen King's IT on TV. ... by being chased by clowns.

A disabled woman who has an extreme phobia of clowns chasing her in her wheelchair decided to try 'exposure therapy' - by dressing up as Pennywise and being chased by clowns. Kerry Greenfield has ...

A disabled woman who has an extreme phobia of clowns chasing her in her wheelchair decided to try 'exposure therapy' - by dressing up as Pennywise and being chased by clowns. Kerry Greenfield has ...