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Coulrophobia, the fear of clowns, is considered to be one of the most common phobias. Approximately 10% of surveyed individuals report having severe coulrophobia, while an estimated 50% report ...
Ask the internet why clowns are scary, and you’ll come up with a variety of answers, none of them particularly satisfying. Clowns are unpredictable, and that makes us nervous about what they ...
Why do our brains draw the line at clowns? Interestingly, until last year, there hadn’t been a lot of research on the fear of ...
How common is fear of clowns? Due to the lack of research, it’s hard to pinpoint an exact number regarding how prevalent coulrophobia is. Still, some experts suggest that about 1 in 100 children ...
The clowns may have been born of fears articulated in the catacombs of the internet, but the zeitgeist has made them (to some extent) real. Certainly, some people are now dressing up as them.
Fears and phobias can seemingly be hardwired into us as a protective mechanism, from flinching at fire to backing away from a snake. But coulrophobia, or a fear of clowns, is different.