Fear Of Clowns Research Paper

Decent Essays
Jocelyn Boswell
6 Henning
10-5/10-15
Coulrophobia

Clowns are supposed to be for entertainment… but are they really? Well the answer is, they aren’t for most people. This is not an old phobia, but it has increased over the recent decades. Having the fear of clowns is called coulrophobia. I myself has had coulrophobia for a couple of years and I wanted to research into it to try to get over my fear.

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